Tilikum

February 28, 2010 07:13 PM UTC

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Once a predator of the deep

and now a captive in a tank-

should we expect its instincts to sleep?

Once a hunter of the sea

and now a plaything behind glass-

should it forget its blood need?

Teased to do tricks

with dead fish,

perhaps, it craved

a morsel more fresh.

What lurked in its brain?

For a clue, think on the killer

in its name.

But don't judge a carnivore

for primates practice

yet say they abhor

torture, genocide

and war.

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Doc, in the middle, holding on... Curmudgeon esq.

Dan V.

Norman & Dorothy V.

Comments: 7

Larry H. Feb 28, 2010, 7:22pm UTC

thanks for sharing..

Elizabeth A. Mar 1, 2010, 1:29am UTC

You're most welcome, Larry. It's always a pleasure to see you.

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Dan V. Feb 28, 2010, 11:51pm UTC

Excellent work, Liz! It's a shame to have this huge wild creature penned up in such a small area, and a shame this lady had to loose her life because of it. Their life span in captivity is about half of what it is in the ocean, and there has never been an attack by an Orca on a human in the wild either. Lets hope they decide to put Tilli in an ocean sea life preserve.