had already been waiting for it
I'd been expecting it since the second person was killed.Blackfish · 2013 — Capítulo 8 de 8 · 3'46" · C1
Tilikum Misses the Whistle, Explained: went south
A show session looks fine until a whistle bridge is missed on a perimeter pec wave. The whale finishes the behavior and gets nothing. "Things went south" marks the turn, and the quiet time that follows ends in a grab that "was anything but play."
Qué pasa
At SeaWorld Orlando, a report says a six-ton killer whale has killed an experienced trainer. Voices then walk through video of Tilikum with Dawn. The main show was already a disaster. A later session starts well, a whistle on a perimeter pec wave is missed, he returns to no reward and an emptying bucket, and at the rocky ledge he grabs her arm and pulls her in.
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lived up to its namewent southwhistle bridgebehavior
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went south
the situation turned bad
The recap uses went south for the moment the session stops working, not for a direction.
The client demo went south after the second chart.
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- lived up to its name
matched what its name claims
- whistle bridge
a whistle that marks success
- behavior
a cued action in animal training
- neutral response
a brief pause with no reward
- coming down to the end of session
drawing near the end of the session
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past perfect continuous: The expecting had already lasted since that earlier death.
I'd been expecting it since the second person was killed.Glue the d in I'd onto been instead of a full had.
I'd been expecting it since the second person was killed.took longer than you would think
I'm surprised it took as long as it did.Slide from lived into up to without a gap.
First tonight, a six-ton killer whale has lived up to its name, killing an experienced trainer at SeaWorld, Orlando, today.looked restless and upset
A tourist at an earlier show said the animal seemed agitated.would not work with the trainers
Trainers complained the whales weren't cooperating.back in hand, no longer chaotic
There was, you know, whales chasing each other and eventually the trainers decided that they had to stop the show because they couldn't get the whales under control.felt pushed to perform better
Likely she saw what had gone on during the main show and so she had probably felt more pressure to do a good show.a marker that the phrase is figurative
There seemed to be a point in the session where things went south, so to speak.a modest preface to a judgment
And in my humble opinion, it was at that missed bridge-- whistle bridge, on the perimeter pec wave.that attempt counted as correct
- There we go. - ...which is a bridge, which tells the animal that, okay, you've done a good job.past a normal wave Not an extra trick; the waving will not stop.
He likes waving so much. That's beyond waving.continue doing it
That's all right. We're going to let him keep on waving.Ease off the t in didn't and enter hear at once.
My interpretation is that he didn't hear the whistle.a trained trick done exactly right Here behavior means a set trick, not conduct.
So not only did he not hear the bridge, then he went and did a perfect behavior and came back,negative inversion: Not only pulls did forward to stress the missed whistle first.
So not only did he not hear the bridge, then he went and did a perfect behavior and came back,give someone a clear signal
and what he got was what we call a three-second neutral response, which is just a way to let the animal know, "No, you didn't do the correct thing.receive a reward for it
You're not going to get rewarded. And then we're going to move on."Stress not and keep going to light.
You're not going to get rewarded. And then we're going to move on."can tell the moment something shifts
The animals can sense when you're getting to the bottom of your bucket of fish, because they can hear the ice clanging around and the kind of fishy, soupy water at the bottom.asked again and again
She kept asking him for more and more behaviors.get a reward that stamps the action in Not making an object stronger; a reward that confirms the trick.
He wasn't getting reinforced for the behaviors that he was doing correctly.a sideways rolling turn Not a plane stunt; the whale rolls and takes her under.
Tilikum at some point grabbed ahold of her left forearm and started to drag her and eventually did a barrel roll and pulled her in.seized and held on — Fine in speech; avoid it in a formal report.
Tilikum at some point grabbed ahold of her left forearm and started to drag her and eventually did a barrel roll and pulled her in.grew into something more serious
It may have started as play or frustration and clearly escalated to be very violent behaviorclause parenthesis: I think sits inside the clause; the claim is still the was.
that I think was anything but play.Tilikum Misses the Whistle, explicado
What's really going on
What the voices reconstruct is a session that began in control and ended in a killing. Early on, "Tilikum is actually really with Dawn" and does "exactly what she asks him to do." The claimed break is a perimeter pec wave: a whistle bridge meant to say the job is done and food is coming, and "he missed that cue." He finishes the lap, does "a perfect behavior," and comes back to "a three-second neutral response" — no reward, then move on. The bucket is emptying, correct behaviors go unreinforced, and "he probably was frustrated towards the end." She lies down with him for "quiet time." The same sentence says the grab "may have started as play or frustration and clearly escalated to be very violent behavior" that "was anything but play." Someone had already been "expecting somebody to be killed by Tilikum." What the account leaves is a missed mark, an empty bucket, and a judgment that the violent part was not play.
Theme
PowerA whale that starts by following cues ends by dragging a trainer into the pool.
Death & griefIt opens on a killing someone already expected and ends with a trainer pulled in and mutilated.
Escucha con atención
- I'd been expecting — Glue the d in I'd onto been instead of a full had.
- lived up to — Slide from lived into up to without a gap.
- didn't hear the — Ease off the t in didn't and enter hear at once.
- not going to — Stress not and keep going to light.
I'd been expecting it since the second person was killed.Someone says the killing was not a shock. They had been waiting for it since a second person died.
I'm surprised it took as long as it did.The surprise is only the delay. A death by Tilikum had been expected, and it came later than they thought.
First tonight, a six-ton killer whale has lived up to its name, killing an experienced trainer at SeaWorld, Orlando, today.A newscast treats the trainer's death as the whale fitting the words killer whale: a six-ton animal has killed an experienced trainer at SeaWorld in Orlando.
You're not going to get rewarded. And then we're going to move on."This is the content of the three-second neutral response: the behavior does not count, there is no reward, and the session simply continues.
It may have started as play or frustration and clearly escalated to be very violent behaviorA speaker allows a beginning in play or frustration, then draws a hard line: what followed had become seriously violent.
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Why does someone say this killing was expected?
They say they had been expecting it since the second person was killed, and that they had been expecting somebody to be killed by Tilikum. The only surprise they name is that it took as long as it did.
What is a whistle bridge here?
A whistle blown as a bridge. In the session it tells the animal it has done a good job and should come back for food. On the perimeter pec wave, that cue is missed.
Why does the whale get no reward after going around the pool?
The interpretation in the scene is that he did not hear the whistle, finished a perfect behavior, and came back to a three-second neutral response: he had not done the correct thing, would not get rewarded, and the session would move on.
Why does the empty fish bucket matter in this telling?
Dawn is running out of food. The animals are said to sense the bottom of the bucket, the handfuls get smaller, and they know the session is ending. Correct behaviors are not getting reinforced.
Was the final grab treated as play?
Only as a possible start. The same remark says it may have started as play or frustration and clearly escalated to very violent behavior that was anything but play.
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Capítulo 2without missing a beatCrews Net the Orca Calves
Capítulo 3on a hair triggerStarving Whales Into a Steel Box
Capítulo 4on its last legsKeltie Falls Into the Whale Pool
Capítulo 5screams outOrca Families Each Have a Language
Capítulo 6making such a big dealSupervisor Yells Get Her Away
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