What a load of shit, Orcas...captured?

[dart]

Fuck!http://www.wdcs.org/dan/publishing.nsf/allweb/3232E6C1E518DE9480256DB2003030EC
Why, damnit?!

Jen, yeah, thought i'd share that, saw you were ranting too and wanted to spread the news.

Comments

[dinogrrl]

I don't agree with keeping large cetaceans in tanks and such, no :/. But this popped out at me

[orca_freak]

In the wild, female orcas can live up to and past 80, but the average is 40. For a wild male, it's around 30-40 or so. In captivity, most orcas don't live past 30. The oldest orcas in captivity are about 36. They're rarely captured nowadays because of legislations (hence why everyone's so pissed about Russia right now), as most are born into capivity, but that then raises questions about small gene-pools and such.

And I'm rambling, so I'll shut up.

[dinogrrl]

I am enlightened now. ^^

[dart]

Yeah, I AM totally pissed at Russia right now. I think this is sick. How can they be such asses? I wonder if they actually know what they're doing.

PS- Jen, be my guest, ramble ALL YOU FUCKING WANT...after all, it's a live journal, that's what it's for! X3