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It's an elegant theory, but based on Kanazawa's own evidence, I'm not sure he's right. In his paper, Kanazawa begins by noting, accurately, that psychologists don't have a good understanding of why people embrace the values they do. Many kids share their parents' values, but...
"When Tilikum was wild, he was a transient, not a resident," says Russ Rector, a former dolphin trainer who is now a fierce opponent of keeping any dolphins or whales in captivity. "Resident whales are the kind that live in a fixed place, like Puget Sound. Transients travel the world...
Not everyone within the whale-studying community takes such a dim view of SeaWorld and other such places. Bernd Wursig, a professor of marine biology at Texas A&M University, acknowledges that the sheer size of whales makes them hard to accommodate well, but that doesn't mean it can...
"We don't know what was going through the killer whale's head," says Chuck Tompkins, Brancheau's former supervisor. The fact, of course, is that we never can know such things - which is what will always make keeping such beasts in the first place the dangerous business it is...
What: No reason necessary for this celebration. Don your best toga and come enjoy others' togas, pita, hummus, grapes, assorted sodas, wine, and beer (for those who are 21+...sorry, freshmen).