I mean they can kill a Great White shark so who risked taming the first killer whale?
2007-07-08 03:51:16 · 11 answers · asked by Siu02rk 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
A very brave soul..
2007-07-08 03:53:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
After successfully training dolphins to do 'tricks', the killer whale which is not a whale but a close relative of the dolphin, it was realised that they could be trained too. Different killer whale communities from different parts of the world eat different diets, from large sealions and yes sharks, even proper whales all the way down to sardine eating killer whales from the Norwegian Fjords, so selecting the sardine eating types the trainers felt safe to teach them tricks.
Eamonn.
2007-07-10 18:09:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
And who risked training the first wolf, who evolved into "man's best friend?" Killer whales (orca) can't be completely trained. Recently, an orca turned on its keeper and killed him. Whales are extremely intelligent and surprisingly, most of them like people. Considering what humans have done to whales in the past, this is more than surprising, it's amazing.
2007-07-08 11:00:43 · answer #3 · answered by Elaine P...is for Poetry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Humans figured this out after the Whales taught us their intellectual abilities. Another example of Nature winning the "Battle of the Brains".
With intelligence comes compassion. Whales kill sharks for food like "some" deer hunters kill a deer. Just because they kill for food, does not mean they kill people. Hope you see what I say?
2007-07-08 11:00:38 · answer #4 · answered by Snaglefritz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ted Griffin, the first man to acquire and train a killer whale called Namu in 1962. Read an interview on link below
2007-07-08 11:07:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Killer Whale (Orca) is a species of dolphin and not a whale. Other species of dolphins are trained, this one is just bigger.
2007-07-10 13:52:20 · answer #6 · answered by unreal229 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it,s only really best to train smart animals and they know that killer whales are smart because they can work in a pack and plan there attacks
2007-07-09 14:40:02 · answer #7 · answered by night rider 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Catch one stick it in a pool and bore it into doing tricks for fish. Better we ask when did humans finally figure out that we were bugging the hell out of a creature with the same mental capacity of ourselves.
2007-07-08 11:06:49 · answer #8 · answered by Sakr al Amn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People realized that these mammals were smart based on the natural behaviour and decided to do some experimenting.
2007-07-11 15:51:23 · answer #9 · answered by haile d 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe its because most humans think that we are the Superior beings and that with our brains we can train anything by what ever means it takes .
2007-07-08 11:44:48 · answer #10 · answered by mark the spark 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋