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- Aug 13
- United States
- Deviant for 12 years
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My Bio
Computer literate. Worked on several cetacean communications projects including JANUS. Have made several cetacean friends over the years using non verbal communications. Looking for help with applying some new methods I've come up with towards breaking the communications barrier.
Favourite Visual Artist
digitalblasphemy.com, visualparadox.com
Favourite Movies
HTTYD, Free Willy,
Favourite TV Shows
Earth Final Conflict, a lesser known production of Gene Roddenberry.
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
Enigma, Dustwave, Vangelis, Jean-Michel Jarre, Queen, The Moody Blues, and more
Favourite Books
Man and Dolphin, The Mind of the Dolphin
Favourite Writers
Arthur C. Clarke, Issac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein
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Photography
Unlimited Trust
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Kotar seemed to revel in pushing the limits of those who interacted with him and trusted him. Playing his game of trying see how much people would put up with or maybe getting them to show fear.
During one visit he seemed to particularly enjoy me rubbing his tongue, though perhaps it was just a prelude to get me to drop my guard in preparation to what he did next. After several rounds of tongue rubbing and him swimming off to work the crowd for fish, the next time he came up, he gently closed his mouth on my arm while I was rubbing his tongue. Now this had happened many times in the past with the bottlenose dolphins so I was not overly co
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Jealousy Averted
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Trust. Possibly unquantifiable. Hard to earn. Extremely easy to lose.
This female White-Sided Dolphin [ the one in my pictures ] had picked up the habit of nipping at the fingers of people who were trying to feed her. Perhaps she had a mean streak, not every dolphin is as friendly as portrayed, though it's mostly captive ones that get a 'tude. Perhaps she had been poorly treated in the past and she simply distrusted humans now. Maybe another game, scare the human. Whatever the reason, this caused people to drop the fish they were feeding her in the water. She would then quickly pick it up and swim off.
I never saw her actually bite anybody
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The Penney. Thoughts Optional.
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Dolphins do have the concept of possessions. Just because they have something you might not think they should have, don't try and take it away. Margret Howe learned this with Peter when for a time he took possession of her diving mask.
A quiet day at the petting pool. Not too many people around. It was foggy and wet today. Good for me, few people around the tank.
One of the younger Dolphins swims up and drops a penny on the underwater ledge in front of me. Where did he get a penny? Did some other visitor drop one in on purpose? Cetaceans are sometimes trained to bring any trash in the tank up to staff. They are given fish for bring
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I find it very bizarre that you put my journal entry in your favorites! Obviously , you did not get it!
All of your photos, every pictures in your pages are taken in marines parks, and petting programs.
Did it ever occurred to you, that it is the fact that " YOU "go visit places where they keep animals in captivity that is creating a market to keep animals prisoners!
THANK YOU FOR THEM, REALLY!
All of your photos, every pictures in your pages are taken in marines parks, and petting programs.
Did it ever occurred to you, that it is the fact that " YOU "go visit places where they keep animals in captivity that is creating a market to keep animals prisoners!
THANK YOU FOR THEM, REALLY!
Oh, I do get it dear, better than the "fanboys and fangirls" who have never been up close and personal as I have [ UW windows aren't quite the same as actual contact ]. 
Those pictures were taken over 30 years ago, probably before you were even born. I haven't been back to visit my friends since. Two of them have died in the intervening years too. Unlike the "fanboys and fangirls" some who go weekly supporting SW by paying their entry fees, but then most of them seem pro-captivity anyway unlike me. I am Pro Cetacean.
You wouldn't know that all I did was without any "Special Training" SW staff has for those working with Cetaceans and without any food inducement or Operant Behavior training as it is done in the shows. I've spent Thousands of hours waiting at the tank earning their trust and friendship.
They came to me because I know how to interact with them and I trust them, something staff truly doesn't do. I never fed them to get the to come over. I've even had my arm grabbed up to the elbow [ as the reports say Dawn was grabbed ] over a dozen times by four different Individuals who were testing my trust and I am fine.
I have true Cetacean friends who know and trust me and not some slave who has to perform stupid tricks to just get their daily food allowance. Yet I don't visit my friends because that would be supporting the park.
I've also worked on three Interspecies Communications projects. Ever hear of Lilly or JANUS?
I hope this has cleared up any confusion you may have had and that you now "get it" too.
You're welcome.
Those pictures were taken over 30 years ago, probably before you were even born. I haven't been back to visit my friends since. Two of them have died in the intervening years too. Unlike the "fanboys and fangirls" some who go weekly supporting SW by paying their entry fees, but then most of them seem pro-captivity anyway unlike me. I am Pro Cetacean.
You wouldn't know that all I did was without any "Special Training" SW staff has for those working with Cetaceans and without any food inducement or Operant Behavior training as it is done in the shows. I've spent Thousands of hours waiting at the tank earning their trust and friendship.
They came to me because I know how to interact with them and I trust them, something staff truly doesn't do. I never fed them to get the to come over. I've even had my arm grabbed up to the elbow [ as the reports say Dawn was grabbed ] over a dozen times by four different Individuals who were testing my trust and I am fine.
I have true Cetacean friends who know and trust me and not some slave who has to perform stupid tricks to just get their daily food allowance. Yet I don't visit my friends because that would be supporting the park.
I've also worked on three Interspecies Communications projects. Ever hear of Lilly or JANUS?
I hope this has cleared up any confusion you may have had and that you now "get it" too.
You're welcome.
Thank you for your comments,first dear... I was very much there thirty years ago, I was actually 25 years old then, secondly I understand the work you are doing and thank you for not visiting those marine mammals parks. I still think that, these animals should be in the wild, not in tanks and that they should be considered as wild animals and not seen as pet friends. Thank you again for your point of view, it is just very different than mine.
Maybe not so different as you seem to think. Yes, Marine parks should be shut down, and while you're at it, zoos too.
However there are Individuals who, unfortunately, can never be released due to poor care during their captivity. It is foolish for anyone to "Believe" that they all can be released, and equally foolish to "Believe" that none can be released. Those that can be released should be. Those that cannot should be retired to a care facility in a way that has been done with other species who are unfit for release and be cared for until they die a natural death. I would be honored to help care for those that cannot be released. This would also be a great opportunity to bridge the communications gap. The ones I have met are friends, good friends. Their wishes about their fate need to be taken into consideration.
I do not consider them "pets" as that is degrading and insulting to their Intelligence but is the typical Human attitude towards them and other species. An Intelligence I have experienced first hand that is equal to that of Humans, but that Humans fear to acknowledge as it severely upsets their world view.
They know and understand the Oceans better than Humans do. We need to work *with* them to heal the Oceans and the rest of the plant so we all survive.
However there are Individuals who, unfortunately, can never be released due to poor care during their captivity. It is foolish for anyone to "Believe" that they all can be released, and equally foolish to "Believe" that none can be released. Those that can be released should be. Those that cannot should be retired to a care facility in a way that has been done with other species who are unfit for release and be cared for until they die a natural death. I would be honored to help care for those that cannot be released. This would also be a great opportunity to bridge the communications gap. The ones I have met are friends, good friends. Their wishes about their fate need to be taken into consideration.
I do not consider them "pets" as that is degrading and insulting to their Intelligence but is the typical Human attitude towards them and other species. An Intelligence I have experienced first hand that is equal to that of Humans, but that Humans fear to acknowledge as it severely upsets their world view.
They know and understand the Oceans better than Humans do. We need to work *with* them to heal the Oceans and the rest of the plant so we all survive.
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Thanks for the watch!
np.
Thanks for the watch! 