Comments on: Today I Saw Black Fish, And They Were Beautiful http://bonzaiaphrodite.com/2013/12/today-i-saw-black-fish-and-they-were-beautiful/ Socially Conscious, Totally Fabulous Sat, 14 Mar 2026 22:04:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Rebecca Carnes http://bonzaiaphrodite.com/2013/12/today-i-saw-black-fish-and-they-were-beautiful/comment-page-1/#comment-24862 Rebecca Carnes Sun, 05 Jan 2014 06:06:00 +0000 http://bonzaiaphrodite.com/?p=13975#comment-24862 After reading this I went straight to Netflix and watched Blackfish….I don’t think I’ve ever really cried during a movie before this one! Safe to say I will not be taking my little one to Sea World anytime soon and hopefully will raise him to respect and Love nature/animals as they are meant to be, free in their own environment!!

P.S. Your pics above are amazing!!

]]> By: cheli http://bonzaiaphrodite.com/2013/12/today-i-saw-black-fish-and-they-were-beautiful/comment-page-1/#comment-24860 cheli Sat, 04 Jan 2014 19:06:00 +0000 http://bonzaiaphrodite.com/?p=13975#comment-24860 beautiful!
can i ask you, though? do you really think whale watching is enviromentally friendly and respectful of animals?
we went to see the dolphins the other day… they were amazing, they really made an impact on our kids. but i wondered, was is it really respectufl to the beautiful dolphins? dont you think the boat and the noise and the pollution hurts them?
…i left feeling rather guilty…

]]> By: Melanie http://bonzaiaphrodite.com/2013/12/today-i-saw-black-fish-and-they-were-beautiful/comment-page-1/#comment-24859 Melanie Sat, 04 Jan 2014 15:01:00 +0000 http://bonzaiaphrodite.com/?p=13975#comment-24859 Thanks for sharing. There is no way something so majestic and beautiful belongs in captivity. Here in Canada, we boycott Marineland.

]]> By: laramarie http://bonzaiaphrodite.com/2013/12/today-i-saw-black-fish-and-they-were-beautiful/comment-page-1/#comment-24858 laramarie Fri, 03 Jan 2014 18:38:00 +0000 http://bonzaiaphrodite.com/?p=13975#comment-24858 Thanks so much for this post. These pictures are incredible! Truly majestic. I hadn’t seen Blackfish and watched it last night. One thing that really struck me was how earnest the trainers were and how they genuinely loved and cared for those animals and treasured the relationships they built with them. They were young and naive and were deceived by people they trusted. Not only were so many whales hurt and tortured, but those trainers now bear the guilt of that burden.

]]> By: Elri Tendeland Uhre http://bonzaiaphrodite.com/2013/12/today-i-saw-black-fish-and-they-were-beautiful/comment-page-1/#comment-24851 Elri Tendeland Uhre Thu, 02 Jan 2014 17:35:00 +0000 http://bonzaiaphrodite.com/?p=13975#comment-24851 Stunning!! So happy for you. They actually DO exist!!! So amazing. I have seen humpbackwhales, twice! in Ecuador, and in north of Norway. (from two very different boats!) both experiences were absolutely amazing. Those animals are so huge!!! And beautiful. And pure magic messengers! http://wearelife.weebly.com/

]]> By: Sarah Michelle Griffith http://bonzaiaphrodite.com/2013/12/today-i-saw-black-fish-and-they-were-beautiful/comment-page-1/#comment-24850 Sarah Michelle Griffith Thu, 02 Jan 2014 06:58:00 +0000 http://bonzaiaphrodite.com/?p=13975#comment-24850 This makes my soul happy & now I must share it! <3

]]> By: Carrie @ Carrieonvegan http://bonzaiaphrodite.com/2013/12/today-i-saw-black-fish-and-they-were-beautiful/comment-page-1/#comment-24849 Carrie @ Carrieonvegan Thu, 02 Jan 2014 03:17:00 +0000 http://bonzaiaphrodite.com/?p=13975#comment-24849 Wow!!! What an incredible experience. Your photos and thoughts gave me goosebumps! Happy New Year Sayward.

]]> By: Sayward Rebhal http://bonzaiaphrodite.com/2013/12/today-i-saw-black-fish-and-they-were-beautiful/comment-page-1/#comment-24846 Sayward Rebhal Tue, 31 Dec 2013 21:39:00 +0000 http://bonzaiaphrodite.com/?p=13975#comment-24846 Oh wow, I had no idea! Thanks for the heads up, that’s interesting. Do you know if there are other inland Sea Worlds or similar parks?

Anyway, I agree with you (and think most would agree) that there’s nothing wrong with a water park that does rescue work. I would love it if thats what Sea World did. Water slides and sea life education!

Also very much agree about horses – I would LOVE to see a doc about the horror of rodeos and the like. I bet there sill be one coming in the next few years. =)

]]> By: MathTutor http://bonzaiaphrodite.com/2013/12/today-i-saw-black-fish-and-they-were-beautiful/comment-page-1/#comment-24845 MathTutor Tue, 31 Dec 2013 21:36:00 +0000 http://bonzaiaphrodite.com/?p=13975#comment-24845 There is a sea world in San Antonio,TX that’s a good 6 hours from the Gulf of Mexico…definitely no whale watching there. That’s the sea world people from Denver and Memphis go to (true story I used to work there).

I would never go to sea world again (didn’t need a documentary to convince me of that), but the makers of blackfish failed to mention all the animal rescue work sea world funds or organizes. Also, they could function fine without the animal exhibits but a lot of the animals in the small animal exhibits are unable to be returned to the wild because of prior injuries. I would love to see sea world eliminate its animal exhibits but continue its rescue work, rides, and water parks.

Something else that irks me quite a bit…cows and horses kill way more people than whales! Especially horses, where’s our stop riding horses for competitions and pleasure documentary?

Just trying to keep things in perspective since I know a lot of people who work for sea world and it really helped boost the economy in a formally bad area of San Antonio. I would guesstimate less than 20% of sea world employees work even remotely close to the animals.

]]> By: Lisa http://bonzaiaphrodite.com/2013/12/today-i-saw-black-fish-and-they-were-beautiful/comment-page-1/#comment-24844 Lisa Tue, 31 Dec 2013 21:24:00 +0000 http://bonzaiaphrodite.com/?p=13975#comment-24844 Gorgeous, gorgeous photos. It’s a dream of mine to see whales like this in their natural environment. Thank you for sharing.

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