You couldn't make it up!

[LeicsDom]

BBC website
A male killer whale at a closed marine zoo is being sexually stimulated by his trainers to stop him inbreeding with his mother.

Can you imagine the job description?
Orca wanker required. No previous experience required.
I guess that explains why seawater is so salty

 

[rareboy]

The sad part is that they don't free him.

 

[unloadonme]

The sad part is that they don't free him.

I agree in principle. The question is, would a captive-bred animal released on his own (or with his mother for that matter) actually survive in the wild? Of course, animals like this shouldn't be held in captivity in the first place.

 

[EddMarkStarr]

And here we are. Captive marine mammals continue to be held in facilities around the world when No marine mammals should be in captivity at all.
Good thing we humans measure intelligence on a sliding scale.

 

[me203]

I wonder if they thought of getting the whale a laptop so he can view porn (although I suppose whate porn sites might be limited) and maybe a few sex toys, instead?

 

[me203]

I agree in principle. The question is, would a captive-bred animal released on his own (or with his mother for that matter) actually survive in the wild? Of course, animals like this shouldn't be held in captivity in the first place.

I'd have to wonder about the survival, too.

 

[unloadonme]

I wonder if they thought of getting the whale a laptop so he can view porn (although I suppose whate porn sites might be limited) and maybe a few sex toys, instead?

Porn? Do you mean like sperm whales getting blowhole jobs?

 

[EddMarkStarr]

I'd have to wonder about the survival, too.

Releasing a captive whale back to the wild has a very low success rate. But captivity itself also takes a toll on marine mammals.

 

[LeicsDom]

Releasing a captive whale back to the wild has a very low success rate. But captivity itself also takes a toll on marine mammals.

Unfortunately they are damned if they do and damned if they don't