Kayla ended believe with a slideout while Katina swam around the tank “waving” with Makaio by her side.They were rewarded with fish, ice and water in a bucket, then the trainers went behind stage. Kayla waited by the gate, doing what I can only assume was begging for more reinforcement by vocalizing, opening her mouth and rolling her tongue to unseen trainers. When she received no attention, she started swimming vigerously around the tank, coming out of the water at some points, and slamming into the gates. Katina and Makaio joined in after awhile. I caught the very end of it. After Nalani, Trua and Malia were called away, Katina, Kayla and Makaio calmed down. You can’t see it, but at the end they let Trua in. I asked a trainer what happened afterwards, she said she hadn’t noticed. Maybe I was over reacting, but oh well. Sorry for my stupid babblings, the “oohs” and “kayla has some aggressionnnnnn.” Btw, if you can’t tell from my comments, I’m anti-cap. Animals are unpredictable, we get it, that’s fine when you’re talking about less complex, smaller species in captivity. But when you get into the more intelligent larger species, that’s where you have the problem. An orca in captivity may not be trying to hurt anyone, but when it gets upset, as all complex animals do, it is so large it can do serious damage. Examples? Tilikum got upset and killed his trainer, Dawn. Kandu5 got upset and while trying to attack another orca, killed herself. During one of Hugo’s hissy fits he …
