Man vs. Mammal

I was watching the news this morning & there was a story about Sea World trainers not being allowed in the water with killer whales after the death of a fellow trainer 4 years ago. One correspondent or someone who knows everything said "It's not if a killer whale will attack a trainer but when".  Uh, huh.  I don't believe for one second that the trainers are not aware that swimming around with a 20 foot, 4 ton mammal could cause more than a black eye.  Also note the name of the mammal - KILLER WHALE (do your homework people and watch Orca). No one would get in a car with SERIAL KILLER Ted Bundy or Jeffrey Dahmer after seeing a diagram of what they could do your body, right?  But, people do continue to sky dive, bungee jump or zip line through the jungle even after signing a waiver that equipment could fail leading to death. I think they call it kamikaze an adrenaline rush, right again?

The point is this - if the trainers have so much passion for a career of working with marine life in an entertainment setting, let them do it, pay to see them do it, but don't boo & hiss when they're pulled to the bottom of the pool for the grand finale.