Blackfish – Trailer
Beyond the lies, beneath the deception, the truth will surface.
Magnolia Pictures has debuted the trailer for the chilling Sundance documentary Blackfish, directed Gabriela Cowperthwaite, about orcas in captivity.
Holy shit.
OKAY, WE NEED TO REBLOG THE FUCK OUT OF THIS. EVEN IF YOU’RE NOT AN ANIMAL PERSON, YOUR FOLLOWERS NEED TO SEE THIS. ESPECIALLY DURING THE HEIGHT OF VACATION SEASON. DO NOT SUPPORT SEA PARKS WITH CAPTIVE WHALES. IT’S NOT ENVIRONMENTAL PROPAGANDA (I can’t believe I even used those words) IT’S A REAL ISSUE AND IT’S NOT A MATTER OF PROOF, IT’S A MATTER OF COVERING IT UP AND IGNORING IT!
tw warning for animal abuse and implications of graphic violence (human mutilation, etc)
while we’re at it, the cove is a pretty good documentary about this sort of thing as well
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
MORE SCREAMING
okay so
Whales aren’t evil. They’re not. They really are not. But they are large, intelligent animals. They are very, very, very intelligent. They do not belong in cages and trained for human amusement. They are way too smart for that. And they are big. Like. Really big. And. Uhm.
Okay
you wanna know why I am afraid of whales (I will eventually do a comic about this)
it is because they are another species that is probably just as intelligent as we are, if not more so, and they are gigantic and we are pretty insignificant and we have been killing them and bothering them for a very long time and if they wanted to hurt us they totally could and it would be very, very hard to stop them
Fortunately, despite being the largest carnivores ever, they seem to be pretty chill (probably because they are so intelligent and probably possess a lot of empathy)
but
uh
Maybe it’s not so much fear as it is respect. Terrified with respect. Wanting to stay very far out of their way.
SPERM WHALES DIVE INTO THE MARIANA TRENCH TO FIGHT AND EAT GIANT SQUIDS OKAY LIKE
BATTLE SCARS
HYPER INTELLIGENT HUNTERS WITH MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF POWER AND TERRITORY
I just
wha
hyperventilating now kthnx
because people want to capture these critters and torture them and make them perform in front of a live audience and don’t think oh hey maybe this isn’t okay because these whales are like people-smart and deserve rights too and maybe this is gonna mess them up
captured war slaves
did you guys know that whales started attacking whaling ships when that kinda stuff was going on? like, the only time they were violent.. fighting back.. because.. they totally could… and had a right to