Did Keiko really "yearn to be free"?
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I think he was just depressed at people naming him like a girl. 
you talking about the whale ? He lived to be 26. Free whales die at around 30 and captured whales die around 20. So i think he had a good life. Even for humans once you get used to something its hard to change. Like if every day you were given food at a certian time nd all you had to do ws a trick you'd be damn sure that after 20 or so years of that you'd find anyone that was willing to do that for you again .
I think the point of the article is animal rights activists who go overboard anthropomorphizing animals and deciding what they must want. Who knows what Keiko wanted? Maybe he felt the human caretakers were his parents and abandoning him in the ocean to be "back in the wild" is not what he really wanted?
Imagine some space aliens decide that your life of comfort with a job and a house is a "prison" and what you'd really want to be doing is hunting and gathering in the jungle, so they pick up you up and plop you down in the middle of a rainforest.
My dog would be unable to survive in the wild and he seems to prefer the company of other humans, not dogs.
Imagine some space aliens decide that your life of comfort with a job and a house is a "prison" and what you'd really want to be doing is hunting and gathering in the jungle, so they pick up you up and plop you down in the middle of a rainforest.
My dog would be unable to survive in the wild and he seems to prefer the company of other humans, not dogs.
Good analogy Democoder.
The most likely reason for the shorter lifespan of domesticated Orca would be attributed to the relatively sedentary nature of it. The luxury of being fed as opposed to hunting for food would be the primary reason for it. Whales have a certain capacity for thinking most certainly he did feel as though he was rejected from the pack. I know my puppy would be happy for about 5 min, then wonder where everyone went.
The most likely reason for the shorter lifespan of domesticated Orca would be attributed to the relatively sedentary nature of it. The luxury of being fed as opposed to hunting for food would be the primary reason for it. Whales have a certain capacity for thinking most certainly he did feel as though he was rejected from the pack. I know my puppy would be happy for about 5 min, then wonder where everyone went.
Too bad Spock didn't show up to talk to him.DemoCoder said:
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