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Originally Posted by ThaVirus
Maybe you're right. I don't mean to turn this into a scientific debate thread because I honestly just don't know, but what do we have to learn from these things? There has never been a recorded orca attack in the wild so it's not like we're trying to save human lives by determining their behavior or something like that. As far as I'm aware, their biological makeup isn't closer to humans than rats so once again, we're not learning anything there.
I just don't see what we need to study, I guess.
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I hear you, i'm no scientist and don't know every angle, but just off the top of my head... how they deal with pathogens and diseases, why they're immune to some and not others, how they communicate is a biggie, the interactions between the sexes, how and when they breed, even if only in controlled environments.
The idea i really like is dismantling 9 of 10 parks and having the worlds scientists put their money into much fewer, but much bigger and better research facilities for them... HUGE pools with varying depths, wave action machines that partially simulate oceanic currents, anything to better their lives and make it more comfortable/natural.
It would never be the open ocean, but would atleast help things imo.
And theres always the possibility of something going drastically wrong with wild populations, in which case it would be great to have captive stock you could breed and hope to release into the wild to aid in repopulation.
Just a few ideas that go beyond orcas into any animal we're worried about losing.