"does not."" In January 2014, the family of the late trainer Dawn Brancheau said neither they nor the foundation named after her were affiliated with the film, and that they did not believe it accurately reflected Brancheau or her experiences. SeaWorld Entertainment refused to take part in the production of ""Blackfish"", and later claimed the film was inaccurate, saying in a statement: SeaWorld also responded with an open letter rebutting the claims. The Oceanic Preservation Society and The Orca Project, a non-profit focusing on orca in captivity, responded with open letters criticizing SeaWorld's claims. Marine researcher Debbie Giles also offered"
"""Happy Feet"" both also featured killer whales as antagonists. In ""Eight Below"" a killer whale carcass which was found by Max and the other dogs was guarded by a leopard seal. ""Blackfish"" is a 2013 American documentary film directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite. It concerns Tilikum, an orca held by SeaWorld and the controversy over captive killer whales. The film premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2013, and was picked up by Magnolia Pictures and CNN Films for wider release. It was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Documentary. A popular Internet video shows a killer"
"their tankmates, or humans, which critics say is a result of stress. Between 1991 and 2010, the bull orca known as Tilikum was involved in the death of three people, and was featured in the critically acclaimed 2013 film, ""Blackfish"". Tilikum lived at SeaWorld from 1992 until his death in 2017. A 2015 study coauthored by staff at SeaWorld and the Minnesota Zoo indicates that there is no significant difference in survivorship between free-ranging and captive killer whales. The authors speculate about the future utility of studying captive populations for the purposes of understanding orca biology and the implications of"
"who killed its trainer, Dawn Brancheau. The film created the new movement called ""The Blackfish Effect"" that stems from the documentary. By investigating the treatment of orcas in captivity through news and archival footage, interviewing former trainers and marine mammal experts, and questioning the ethics of captivity Cowperthwiate created her film. In 2017, Cowperthwaite's first feature film, ""Megan Leavey"" was released. A drama based on real events, the film follows a corporal in the U.S. Marine's K9 unit, working with a German shepherd named Rex to detect explosives and weapons during the Iraq War. Cowperthwaite's documentary Blackfish, earned BAFTA and"
"Handling, Care, Treatment and Transportation of Marine Mammals"". Aggression among captive killer whales is common. They attack each other and their trainers as well. In 2013, SeaWorld's treatment of killer whales in captivity was the basis of the movie ""Blackfish"", which documents the history of Tilikum, a killer whale at SeaWorld Orlando, who had been involved in the deaths of three people. The film was a sensation, leading the company to announce in 2016 that it would phase out its killer whale program after various unsuccessful attempts to restore its reputation and stock price. Dolphins and porpoises are kept in"
"Frankenfish Frankenfish is a 2004 American horror film dealing with genetically engineered fish in the bayou. The film was based on the snakehead fish incident in a Crofton, Maryland, pond. It is one of three movies based on the incident, the others being ""Snakehead Terror"" and ""Swarm of the Snakehead"". Franken fish was filmed in Baldwin County Alabama. Medical examiner Sam Rivers and biologist Mary Callahan travel into the bayou to investigate the mysterious death of a fisherman. Having grown up in the area, Sam is comfortable in his surroundings while Mary is not. They find Elmer noodling for catfish"
"Natsilane Natsilane is one of the Tlingit and Haida stories about how the various supernatural animal species from the Tlingit culture of the American Northwest coast were created. These stories follow an almost dreamtime-like description of humans and other animal species living completely harmoniously. The animals are depicted as demi-gods, and are always referred to in the singular (for instance ""raccoon"", and ""raven""). The story of Natsilane follows the creation of arguably the most important creature in Haida culture - the ""Blackfish"", or killer whale. There are other similar stories including how Raccoon got the rings on his tail and"
"hired a Chicago law firm that specializes in wrongful-death litigation, he has not taken any legal action against SeaWorld. Brancheau's death is a focus of the documentary ""Blackfish"", which criticizes keeping orcas in captivity, and her death awakened a national conversation about the issue. The director, Gabriela Cowperthwaite, argued that the claim that the orca had targeted Brancheau because she had worn her hair in a long ponytail was conjecture and that ""there had to be more to this story"". Her family has said they are grateful that the film has brought attention to the issue of animal welfare. However,"
"why Puma hides in the forest so much. Blackfish is revered so highly in Tlingit culture because of his apparent affinity with humans. He represents an extremely powerful force of nature, deadly and terrifying to every creature except man, whom he is said to look after. The story describes why this is so. There are many variations to the tale, some considerably more brutal than others, and the exact story is likely to vary widely in Tlingit culture, but the main theme of the story is always the same. The tale begins with a young warrior Natsilane who is destined"
"her that there were problems with keeping captive orcas; SeaWorld disagreed, characterizing the film as propaganda. After its release in 2013, the film awakened a national dialogue about the issue. SeaWorld struggled with the effect of ""Blackfish"" on public perception, and there were some cancellations by music performers who had planned to hold shows at SeaWorld. SeaWorld transitioned to being a publicly traded company in 2013. Lawmakers in California and the US House of Representatives proposed legislation to phase out orca captivity, and the California Coastal Commission moved in 2015 to ban orca breeding. SeaWorld announced it was discontinuing its"
"PETA's facts were not only inaccurate, but that SeaWorld trainers also ""do not now, nor have they ever entered the water with Tilikum for this purpose"". Tilikum and the captivity of other orcas is the main subject of the documentary film ""Blackfish"", which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2013. The film and a subsequent online petition led to several popular musical groups cancelling performances at SeaWorld and Busch Gardens' ""Bands, Brew & BBQ"" event in 2014. SeaWorld announced in March 2016 Tilikum's health was deteriorating, and it was thought he had a lung infection due to bacterial"
"must never harm a human again, and that when it finds a human in trouble at sea it must help him. He then sends the whale off to sea. Natsilane returns to his village, which had been terrorised by his brothers, and becomes chief. The story has obvious themes of self-preservation, a reliance on the earth and karma, but it must be interpreted in a Tlingit mindset, where life and animals are equal (if not more worthy) to humans. The Blackfish therefore represents the force of nature that can be achieved when nature and humankind are joined (whilst the carving"
"as scientific studies. For that purpose many marine mammal parks joined together in the ""Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks and Aquariums"", an international association dedicated to high standard of care of marine mammals. It was founded in 1987 and established offices near Washington, DC, in 1992. In 2010, the practice of keeping animals in captivity as trained show performers was heavily criticized when a trainer was killed by an Orca Whale at SeaWorld Orlando in Florida. Orcas attacks have been documented in the film ""Blackfish"", released in 2013. In 2015, the California Coastal Commission banned the breeding of captive killer"
"actually came from me watching the documentary ""Blackfish"". It’s a documentary about SeaWorld and the mistreatment of the whales and dolphins and the abuse. It’s like these whales are highly intelligent creatures with huge brains and social systems that they’re used to. They’re used to being in families of 10 or more and they’re used to communicating vocally. They’re very smart, intelligent animals, and Seaworld keeps them in these little pools the size of a bathtub to us. These are huge animals that are used to swimming more than 100 miles per day and they’re in this little bathtub, and"
"the whales. In April 2014 the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia denied an appeal by SeaWorld. On December 22, 2015, an 18-year old SeaWorld orca, Unna, died at the SeaWorld Park in San Antonio, Texas. In 2013, SeaWorld's treatment of killer whales in captivity was the basis of the movie ""Blackfish"", which documents the history of Tilikum, a killer whale captured by SeaLand of the Pacific, later transported to SeaWorld Orlando who has been involved in the deaths of three people. In the aftermath of the release of the film, Martina McBride, 38 Special, REO Speedwagon,"
"2009 were SeaWorld Parks. SeaWorld Parks were the focus of the 2013 film ""Blackfish"", a documentary on Killer Whale attacks at these parks and the ethics of keeping them captive. When asked about the film, Schwarzman said on record that SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau should be blamed for her own death, claiming that the veteran animal trainer broke multiple safety rules before she was pulled into a tank and killed by a six-ton orca in February 2010. Blackstone said in a written statement that Schwarzman ""misspoke"" in response to the question about ""Blackfish"". The firm said its chief executive had"
"Catfish (film) Catfish is a 2010 American documentary film directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman. It involves a young man, Nev, being filmed by his brother and friend, co-directors Ariel and Henry, as he builds a romantic relationship with a young woman on the social networking website Facebook. The film was a critical and commercial success. It led to an MTV reality TV series, """". The film is credited with coining the term catfishing: a type of deceptive activity involving a person creating a fake social networking presence for nefarious purposes. In the film, the husband of the ""catfish"","
"seen from many vantage points, including a new floor-to-ceiling pop-out viewing window. It contains 65–70 species, mostly fish (including blacktip reef shark and Zebra shark). One of the largest animals in the exhibit is Calypso, a 500-pound green sea turtle that was rescued off the shore of Long Island in 2000. Her left front flipper had become infected and required amputation in order to save her life. Calypso was introduced into Blacktip Reef in July 2013. This level features animals that are native to Maryland. The four exhibits create the illusion that the viewer is traveling down a Maryland stream"
"received good reviews. Co-creator Ricou Browning said that he originally conceived the story after seeing his children intently watching the TV series ""Lassie"", which inspired Browning to create a similar story with a dolphin in place of the dog. After he sent the story to his friend, producer Ivan Tors, Tors expressed interest in making it into a movie. Browning notably portrayed the original ""Creature from the Black Lagoon"" in the film of the same name, as well as two sequels. In Browning's second portrayal, ""Revenge of the Creature"", a scene showcases one of the film's shooting locations, Marineland of"
"dark brown body that is darker below than above, and bears scattered, minute bioluminescent organs. Its two dorsal fins are preceded by stout spines, and the anal fin is absent. Active and schooling, the black dogfish is an opportunistic predator and scavenger that mainly consumes bony fishes, crustaceans, and cephalopods. It is aplacental viviparous, with females producing litters of four to 40 pups that are sustained to term by a yolk sac. There is no well-defined breeding season, and mating and birthing take place year-round. The black dogfish contributes significantly to the bycatch of deep-sea commercial fisheries operating in the"
"the Creature from the Black Lagoon"", filming took place at Marineland of Florida which played the part of the film's Ocean Harbor Oceanarium. The St. Johns River stood in for the Amazon in the film. The Lobster House restaurant where the Creature kidnaps Lori Nelson was located in Jacksonville, Florida. It was destroyed by fire in 1962. The Diamondhead Restaurant (now the River City Brewing Co.) was built adjacent to the site where the old Lobster House once stood. Friendship Park was built on the vacant land near where the Lobster House stood. ""Revenge of the Creature"" marks the screen"
"ship, the pirates return and begin shooting at the ship. Fritz and Ernst begin readying the ship's cannon, but they only have one shot. Suddenly, the pirates turn around; Father has indicating the ship is under quarantine and that there is Black Death aboard. The three men construct a tree house home on the island while the youngest boy Francis (Kevin Corcoran) investigates the wildlife and starts an impressive collection of animals including a young elephant, a capuchin monkey and two Great Danes rescued from the ship which they name Duke and Turk. Mother (Dorothy McGuire) prays to be rescued."
"Dawn Brancheau and fined the company a total of US$12,000. Trainers were banned from making close contact with the killer whales. In April 2014, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia denied an appeal by SeaWorld. In 2013, SeaWorld's treatment of killer whales in captivity was the basis of the movie ""Blackfish"", which documents the history of Tilikum, a killer whale captured by SeaLand of the Pacific, later transported to SeaWorld Orlando, which has been involved in the deaths of three people. In the aftermath of the release of the film, Martina McBride, 38 Special, REO Speedwagon,"
"Black jack (fish) The black jack, ""Caranx lugubris"" (also known as the black trevally, black kingfish, coal fish and black ulua), is a species of large ocean fish in the jack family Carangidae. The species has a circumtropical distribution, found in oceanic, offshore waters of the tropical zones of the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans. The species is particularly prevalent around offshore islands such as the Caribbean islands in the Atlantic, Hawaii and French Polynesia in the Pacific and the Seychelles and Maldives in the Indian Ocean. Black jack are rare in shallow waters, preferring deep reefs, ledges and seamounts"
"Black Fish and other organisations for the closure of a run-down dolphinarium in Münster, Germany, in the fall of 2010, its owners announced that the facility would be closed down and the four dolphins kept there, re-homed. By early 2011, The Black Fish had founded the Orca Coalition together with seven other organisation, with the aim of securing freedom for a captive orca named Morgan. The young female killer whale had stranded on the Dutch coast in June 2010. Although she regained her strength and was nursed back to health, the dolphinarium where she was held refuses to release her,"
"Black rockfish The black rockfish (""Sebastes melanops""), also known variously as the black seaperch, black bass, black rock cod, sea bass, black snapper and Pacific Ocean perch, is a rockfish of the genus ""Sebastes"". It is sometimes misidentified as the ""red snapper."" The rockfish has a total of 8 weak head spines. It is originally all-black, but turns a mottled gray on the sides with age, often nearing white. It grows up to in length, and is found to a depth of 200 fathoms (366 m), though usually at the range of >. Rockfish is prime fishing game, and a"
"is created by Natsilane, it is assumed Sea otter brings it to life). The rather brutal ending should not be misinterpreted either - this is the equivalent of a happy ending in a story such as this, where good and the natural world (Natsilane and the Blackfish) has prevailed over man alone (the brothers). Natsilane Natsilane is one of the Tlingit and Haida stories about how the various supernatural animal species from the Tlingit culture of the American Northwest coast were created. These stories follow an almost dreamtime-like description of humans and other animal species living completely harmoniously. The animals"
"Island, they encounter other New Zealand rarities such as the kiwi and giant weta. They also meet filmmaker Peter Jackson, who confesses to a childhood phobia of wetas. Conservationist Don Merton takes Fry and Carwardine to the Chatham Islands, where the endemic black robin was saved from extinction by eradicating introduced predators. This became the model for kakapo conservation, and Merton now hopes to reintroduce kakapo to Sinbad Gully, a remote Fiordland valley. At Invercargill, they enter quarantine before flying to Codfish Island where researchers are predicting a record kakapo breeding season (they are later proved correct, with 34 eggs"
"Brody's environmentalist concerns are effectively ridiculed as his colleague is eaten by the enraged fish; he joins the hunt for it and the shark in turn hunts him down."" Many films based on man-eating animals (usually aquatic) were released throughout the 1970s and the 1980s such as: ""Grizzly"", """", ""Day of the Animals"", ""Orca"" (also known as ""Orca: The Killer Whale""), ""Eaten Alive"", ""The Pack"", """", ""Baracuda"", ""Nightwing"", ""Up from the Depths"", ""Humanoids from the Deep"" (also known as ""Monster""), ""Alligator"", ""Blood Beach"", ""Creature"", the Italian-American ""Tentacles"", the Mexican ""Tintorera"" (also known as ""Tintorera: Killer Shark""), the Italian ""Island of"
"support Gabriela or Tim Zimmerman's intent with the film."" Michael Scarpuzzi, the vice president for zoological operations and trainer for SeaWorld San Diego, says the film uses Brancheau's death and gruesome details to ""not inform the public, but, rather regrettably, because of the desire to sensationalize."" He states, ""We have altered how we care for, display and train these extraordinary animals. We have changed the facilities, equipment and procedures at our killer whale habitats. The care and educational presentation of these animals at SeaWorld has been made safer than ever. Does ""Blackfish"" inform its viewers of that fact? No, it"
"Black seadevil Black seadevils are small, deepsea lophiiform fishes of the family Melanocetidae. The five known species (with only two given common names) are all within the genus Melanocetus. They are found in tropical to temperate waters of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans, with one species known only from the Ross Sea. One of several anglerfish families, black seadevils are named for their appearance and typically pitch black skin. The family name Melanocetidae may be translated from the Greek ""melanos"" meaning ""black"", and ""cetus"" meaning either ""whale"" or ""sea monster"". The humpback anglerfish (""Melanocetus johnsonii"") was featured on the"
"Nemo"" was acknowledged as the 10th best film in the animation genre. It was the most recently released film among all 10 lists, and one of only three movies made after the year 2000 (the others being """" and ""Shrek""). American Film Institute recognition: The film's use of clownfish prompted mass purchase of the fish breed as pets in the United States, even though the story portrayed the use of fish as pets negatively and suggested that saltwater aquariums are notably tricky and expensive to maintain. The demand for clownfish was supplied by large-scale harvesting of tropical fish in regions"
"Black bullhead The black bullhead or black bullhead catfish (""Ameiurus melas"") is a species of bullhead catfish. Like other bullhead catfish, it has the ability to thrive in waters that are low in oxygen, brackish, turbid and/or very warm. It also has barbels located near its mouth, a broad head, spiny fins and no scales. It can be identified from other bullheads as the barbels are black, and it has a tan crescent around the tail. Its caudal fin is truncated (squared off at the corners). Like virtually all catfish, it is nocturnal, preferring to feed at night, although young"