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The Great Dolphin Dilemma
- pvaldes 7y agoIn sum, with the new drones and machines and the public increasily frowning upon the idea of captive dolphins, neither trained belugas, orcas or dolphins are seen as a much desirable project as before. Russians "lost" some of their animals in april, and Americans could be in the way to do the same. Is a matter of time to be closed and replaced by robots. Of course nobody would want to admit if/that the technology is ready yet, for strategic reasons. Cetaceans are very expensive and high maintenance animals.
- thaumasiotes 7y ago> Cetaceans are very expensive and high maintenance animals. Sure, but how is that a disadvantage compared to robots? They work much better than robots do (more functionality) and they're much lower maintenance than the robots are. Throwing fish into water is as easy as maintenance gets. All of the problems with using whales are that we don't yet have them trained. That's an enormous R&D cost... which is a problem that also applies to robots.