WHALE UPDATE
And it gets worse when they reach adolescence.
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July 27, 2004
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You know, I always thought those who wanted to be
F * I * R * S * T
were schmucks.
Now, somehow, I feel differently. Hmmm.
Posted by: Trystan Shout | July 27, 2004 at 07:58 PM
The whale, Ky, began slamming Aibel during the show, and other trainers rushed to the side of the tank.
Was this because
1) they wanted to help this Aibel guy, or
2) they have esoteric and voyeuristic tastes in, um, slamming?
Posted by: coffeedrinker | July 27, 2004 at 08:01 PM
Aw, this is nuthin'. Any reader of the Herald in general and Carl Hiaasen in particular will remember the overamorous dolphin of his 1991 novel "Native Tongue." Now THAT was something to talk about!
Posted by: Trystan Shout | July 27, 2004 at 08:05 PM
trystan, are you gonna ever tell me if you're from miami? ;) or have you, and i just missed it?
Posted by: judi | July 27, 2004 at 08:12 PM
A whale trainer’s life is so glam’rous
Till the whales get all frisky and am’rous
The sensations hormonal
Are quite abnormal
But the whale put on a real show for us
Posted by: slowlayne | July 27, 2004 at 08:16 PM
Anyone wonder why they named the whale K Y in the first place?
Posted by: slowlayne | July 27, 2004 at 08:21 PM
Can you imagine being Aibel, the trainer? I mean, you have no idea why the whale you've trained for over a decade began attacking/slamming you. You can speculate that it's because of Ky's emerging hormones but there's really no way to know for sure.
I think I'd be scared to death of going in that tank without getting a better feel for how Ky feels about me.
Posted by: Tim | July 27, 2004 at 08:33 PM
tim, i saw this on tv and he (aibel) said he just went off to the side for a while, and in no time at all they were "friends again; we were good to go." when he went back to the edge of the pool, and smacked the water, the whale came over to him, and he put him in another pool with some of his buddies and he was happy. the end
(crreeeeepy)
Posted by: judi | July 27, 2004 at 08:36 PM
You think that's slamming? Try going to a Ramones/ Saigon Kicks concert.
(RIP Joey Ramone)
Posted by: Graz | July 27, 2004 at 08:39 PM
I guess that whale just wanted to raise a little cane with Aibel.
Posted by: Gregg | July 27, 2004 at 09:19 PM
slowlayne, they named him K Y because when he was a little tiny weenie baby whale, they thought he was a jellyfish. (buh-dah-bing)
Posted by: Brad | July 27, 2004 at 10:07 PM
Judi - I did and you did but that's okay.
Born and raised in Boston but moved here right after college 23 years ago. We're born where we are born, but we live where we choose to live. I'll take 90 degrees and high humidity to six-feet of snow in my driveway any day of the week!
Here's the kiss-up part: I have subscribed to the Herald since August 1981. Is that loyal or WHAT?!
Love you, love Dave, love his columns/books and, of course, the blog.
Posted by: Trystan Shout | July 27, 2004 at 11:18 PM
I remember, sorta, going through puberty. Had some bad reactions, but don't think slamming was one of them.
Posted by: kibby F5 | July 28, 2004 at 12:48 AM
I think Ky read the story of the human audience at the shoreline manatee orgy as marine mammal porn, and it sorta gave him ideas.
Posted by: waxwing | July 28, 2004 at 02:15 AM
Whales scare me too. My brother was eaten by a whale.
Posted by: The Penguin | July 28, 2004 at 03:58 AM
Penguin - was your sister bitten by a moose, by any chance?
Posted by: MOTW | July 28, 2004 at 05:46 AM
My sister was bitten by a moose. Moose bites can be very bad.
Posted by: kibby F5 | July 28, 2004 at 06:23 AM
Why is this not in the videos section to the right? It should be there because this video is great!
Posted by: barely there | July 28, 2004 at 06:43 AM
Sorry, kibby. I can just manage to keep up with the bloglits, but not with their relations.
That, and, I've never known whether you were being serious or joking.
Posted by: MOTW | July 28, 2004 at 06:56 AM
Sorry, kibby. I can just manage to keep up with the bloglits, but not with their relations.
That, and, I've never known whether you were being serious or joking.
Posted by: MOTW | July 28, 2004 at 06:58 AM
That video should be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary. It's brilliant! The Weather Girls sang "It's Raining Men" years ago. The 2004 update is now "It's Raining Whale Meat!"
Posted by: Trystan Shout | July 28, 2004 at 09:21 AM