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03/12/2010 12:09:35 PM · #1

I was browsing old challenges, and look what I found under the "Stupid, Stupid" challenge... (a good one to revive perhaps?)

With the recent news about Dawn Brancheau's unfortunate end, I thought this photo was really quite interesting..

(no that's not Dawn, it's a different trainer and facility...)

JokersSoul

Canon EOS-50D

03/12/2010 12:44:33 PM · #2

It is incredible that animals can be trained the way they are, but at the same token, they are still wild and can and will (at times) revert to their instincts. Even ordinary house pets can lose it. I am saddened by the loss of that trainer. I am also saddened by the animals in captivity for our entertainment. I will admit that I am not an animal rights activist or anything extreme, I just think about how sad it is from time to time.

RIP Dawn Brancheau

scarbrd

Leica M10

Leica 35mm f/1.4 Summilux M Aspherical MF - Black

03/12/2010 12:45:50 PM · #3

Thanks Cory. Few people understood the "stupid" part of this during the challenge.

Maybe it makes more sense now.

Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED VR

03/12/2010 04:52:13 PM · #4

Originally posted by scarbrd:

Thanks Cory. Few people understood the "stupid" part of this during the challenge.

Maybe it makes more sense now.

Actually I hadn't even thought to read the comments before I posted it here...

Now after reading the comments, wow, there are definitely a few people who have a bit of egg on their faces now.

Sirashley

Nikon D7200

03/12/2010 04:58:48 PM · #5

*double post*

Message edited by author 2010-03-12 17:02:51.

Sirashley

Nikon D7200

Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED VR

03/12/2010 05:01:57 PM · #6

Originally posted by Sirashley:

Originally posted by coryboehne:
[quote=scarbrd] Thanks Cory. Few people understood the "stupid" part of this during the challenge.

Maybe it makes more sense now.

Actually I hadn't even thought to read the comments before I posted it here...

Now after reading the comments, wow, there are definitely a few people who have a bit of egg on their faces now.

I was just going to say... Did you read the comments? I love how many people were like, "What's so stupid about this???" I wonder if they would have found it stupid, if I had a photo of three kids throwing rocks at a tiger while in its enclosure at a San Diego zoo???

Message edited by author 2010-03-12 17:03:03.

yanko

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Carl Zeiss 50mm ZE f/1.4 Planar T for Canon

03/12/2010 05:20:38 PM · #7

Originally posted by scarbrd:

Thanks Cory. Few people understood the "stupid" part of this during the challenge.

Maybe it makes more sense now.

Probably not as stupid as those getting into a car on a Saturday...

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

03/12/2010 05:48:05 PM · #8

Originally posted by yanko:

Originally posted by scarbrd:
Thanks Cory. Few people understood the "stupid" part of this during the challenge.

Maybe it makes more sense now.

Probably not as stupid as those getting into a car on a Saturday...

1.2 deaths per 100 million drivers

No I still think the whole trainer thing wins..

Let's see.. There are what? Maybe 100 trainers? How many days do they perform? Let's assume 365 (completely unfair assumption, but let's do it..)

So for every year, that's about 36500 Man Days... So for 100 million to be reached we get-

100,000,000 / 36500 = ~2739 years to reach 100,000,000 man days..

Taking this into account, we have it that there has been at least one fatality in the time SeaWorld has been open for about 50 years, so that's 136,986 Man Days for every fatality..

Therefore, we have it that this activity is roughly (100,000,000 / 136,986) 730 times more dangerous than driving on a Saturday..

:)

Basta

Nikon D4

03/12/2010 05:50:52 PM · #9

stupid or brave?

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03/12/2010 05:53:00 PM · #10

Originally posted by Basta:

stupid or brave?

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Both.

see

Canon PowerShot S95

03/12/2010 06:27:52 PM · #11

Originally posted by coryboehne:

Originally posted by yanko:

Originally posted by scarbrd:
Thanks Cory. Few people understood the "stupid" part of this during the challenge.

Maybe it makes more sense now.

Probably not as stupid as those getting into a car on a Saturday...

1.2 deaths per 100 million drivers

No I still think the whole trainer thing wins..

Let's see.. There are what? Maybe 100 trainers? How many days do they perform? Let's assume 365 (completely unfair assumption, but let's do it..)

So for every year, that's about 36500 Man Days... So for 100 million to be reached we get-

100,000,000 / 36500 = ~2739 years to reach 100,000,000 man days..

Taking this into account, we have it that there has been at least one fatality in the time SeaWorld has been open for about 50 years, so that's 136,986 Man Days for every fatality..

Therefore, we have it that this activity is roughly (100,000,000 / 136,986) 730 times more dangerous than driving on a Saturday..

:)

According to this news piece times it by 3.
Petrified visitors who had stuck around after a noontime "Dine with Shamu" show watched the animal charge through the pool with the trainer in its jaws. Workers used nets as an alarm sounded, but it was too late. Dawn Brancheau had drowned. It marked the third time the animal had been involved in a human death.