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Why SeaWorld Kept Tilikum, Explained:proven track record

On the surface this is a news item about a man found dead on Tilikum. Underneath, speakers question the public relations version and then answer why the whale stayed: "And that is that his semen is worth a lot of money."

あらすじ

A news report identifies Daniel Dukes, found draped over Tilikum at SeaWorld. Speakers know only the public relations version: he snuck in after hours, stripped, sought a magical experience, and drowned from hypothermia. They doubt that cameras and the night watch missed a body. Asked why the whale stayed, the answer is that his semen is worth a lot of money, and that he operates as a sperm bank.

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public relations versionperfect story lineevery which wayparading him around

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このシーンの表現

proven track record

a record already shown to be true

Asked why the whale is still there, someone answers with a documented history of killing, not a vague warning.

The vendor has a proven track record of leaking client data.

このシーンの他の表現

  • public relations version

    the version released for the public

  • perfect story line

    sarcastic label for a too-neat tale

  • every which way

    in every direction at once

  • parading him around

    carrying someone around on display

  • more graphic than that

    more gruesome than the clean version

このシーンのメモ一覧

37 行のセリフに 29 件のメモ

表現 · A2found dead

discovered already dead

Orange County's sheriff's deputies have identified the 27-year-old man found dead in a killer whale's tank at SeaWorld.
表現 · B2draped over something

lying limply across something

Dukes was found yesterday draped over the back of Tilikum, the largest orca held in captivity.
表現 · B2held in captivity

kept confined, not free

Dukes was found yesterday draped over the back of Tilikum, the largest orca held in captivity.
表現 · B2the public relations version of something

the version released for the public

Someone limits what follows to the park's public account of an arrest and a sneak-in, and the tone stays cautious.

Well, all I know is the public relations version of it-- he was a young man that had been arrested not long before he snuck into SeaWorld.
表現 · B1snuck into somewhere

entered a place in secret

Well, all I know is the public relations version of it-- he was a young man that had been arrested not long before he snuck into SeaWorld.
文法 · B1that had been arrested not long before he snuck into SeaWorld

relative clause: The that-clause defines who the young man is said to be.

Well, all I know is the public relations version of it-- he was a young man that had been arrested not long before he snuck into SeaWorld.
表現 · B1after hours

after the place has closed

Maybe he climbed the barbed wire fence around the perimeter and stayed after hours.
発音have a magical

Let have a run together, and don't punch the a.

guy hides in the park after hours and strips his clothes off and decides he wants to have a magical experience with an orca and drowns because he became hypothermic.
表現 · B2the story line

the arranged version of events Not a film plot; the neat official version of that night.

Right. So that's the story line and none of us were there to know the difference.
発音and none of

Keep and as a short light sound and land on none.

Right. So that's the story line and none of us were there to know the difference.
表現 · B2every which way

in every direction at once

Someone stacks camera shots in every direction so an unnoticed body until morning sounds impossible.

There are cameras all over the back of Shamu Stadium pointing every which way.
表現 · A2hard to believe

difficult to accept as true

I find it hard to believe that nobody knew until the morning that there was a body in there.
文法 · B2that nobody knew until the morning that there was a body in there

object clause: One that follows believe; the next follows knew.

I find it hard to believe that nobody knew until the morning that there was a body in there.
発音hard to believe

Stress hard and believe, and let to stay light.

I find it hard to believe that nobody knew until the morning that there was a body in there.
発音didn't hear

Let the final t in didn't stay light before hear.

That person didn't hear any splashing or screaming?
表現 · C1parade someone around

carrying someone around on display

A morning arrival describes the whale moving a naked dead man around the back pool, and the verb makes it a display.

guy, a dead, naked guy on his back, kind of parading him around the back pool.
表現 · C1the public relations spin on something

the slant put on events for the public

The public relations spin on this was that he was kind of a drifter and died of hypothermia.
スラング · B2drifter

a rootless person, said dismissively — A casual dismissive label; skip it in obituaries and formal bios.

The public relations spin on this was that he was kind of a drifter and died of hypothermia.
表現 · B2more graphic than something

described in a more gruesome way Graphic means gruesome detail, not a chart.

But the medical examiner reports were more graphic than that.
表現 · C1post-death or pre-death

after death or before it

Now, whether that was post-death or pre-death, I don't know.
文法 · B2whether that was post-death or pre-death

whether clause: Whether fronts what he does not know; he is not asking you to choose.

Now, whether that was post-death or pre-death, I don't know.
表現 · B2jumped in the wrong pool

went into the one place he should not have

But, yeah, all I can comment on is that the guy definitely jumped in the wrong pool.
表現 · B2a proven track record of something

a record already shown to be true

Asked why the whale is still there, someone answers with a documented history of killing, not a vague warning.

This guy, he has a proven track record of killing people.
表現 · A2worth a lot of money

valuable in plain cash terms

And that is that his semen is worth a lot of money.
スラング · B1way more

much more, in speech — Spoken intensifier; use far more in formal writing.

It's brilliant because they can inseminate way more female whales, because they can just get his sperm and freeze it.
表現 · B2a sperm bank

a store of sperm kept for later use Not a clinic; the whale is used as a stored-sperm source.

And then he's basically operating as a sperm bank.
表現 · B1rule number one

the top rule, not to be broken

In a reputable breeding program, rule number one is you certainly would not breed an animal that has shown a history of aggression towards humans.
表現 · B2a history of something

a past of violent behavior

In a reputable breeding program, rule number one is you certainly would not breed an animal that has shown a history of aggression towards humans.
表現 · B1put an animal down

killed, as with a dangerous animal

After imagining a pit bull that had killed, someone says that dog would probably have been euthanized, unlike the whale.

That animal would have likely been put down.

「Why SeaWorld Kept Tilikum」を読み解く

What's really going on

The public relations version: a young man snuck into SeaWorld, stayed after hours, stripped, wanted "a magical experience with an orca," and drowned because he "became hypothermic." Speakers call that a "Perfect story line" and admit "none of us were there to know the difference." Cameras point "every which way," underwater too, and a night watch trainer works every night, yet "nobody knew until the morning that there was a body in there." One account has Tilikum "parading him around the back pool." Reports were "more graphic than that," bites could be "post-death or pre-death"; the speaker does not know. Only that the man "jumped in the wrong pool." The reason to keep the whale is "his semen is worth a lot of money." He is "operating as a sperm bank," and 54 percent of the whales "have Tilikum's genes." A pit bull that had killed "would have likely been put down." Rule number one: do not breed an animal with "a history of aggression towards humans."

Theme

DeceptionThe public relations version and the Perfect story line smooth Dukes's death into hypothermia, while speakers point to cameras, a night watch, and reports that were more graphic than that.
MoneyKeeping him is answered by semen worth a lot of money, a frozen sperm bank, and 54 percent of the whales carrying his genes.

発音のポイント

  • have a magical — Let have a run together, and don't punch the a.
  • and none of — Keep and as a short light sound and land on none.
  • hard to believe — Stress hard and believe, and let to stay light.
  • didn't hear — Let the final t in didn't stay light before hear.
I find it hard to believe that nobody knew until the morning that there was a body in there.

With cameras everywhere and a night watch on duty, this voice does not accept that a body in the pool went unnoticed until morning.

But, yeah, all I can comment on is that the guy definitely jumped in the wrong pool.

After saying he does not know if the bites came before or after death, this is the only claim he will make: the man got into the wrong pool.

This guy, he has a proven track record of killing people.

Tilikum is the one being discussed. The killings are presented as a settled record, which is why the next question is why keep him.

And that is that his semen is worth a lot of money.

The direct answer to why keep him around. His semen has high cash value, so the place has a reason to retain him.

In a reputable breeding program, rule number one is you certainly would not breed an animal that has shown a history of aggression towards humans.

A rule stated for any serious breeding program: do not breed an animal that has already been aggressive toward people.

But in the entire SeaWorld collection-- it's like 54% of the whales in SeaWorld's collection now have Tilikum's genes.

The contrast with that rule. About 54 percent of the whales in SeaWorld's collection are said to carry Tilikum's genes now.

このシーンについての質問

Why keep Tilikum if he has killed people?

The answer given here is that his semen is worth a lot of money. He is called one of the main breeding whales at SeaWorld. Sperm can be taken and frozen, so he operates as a sperm bank, and about 54 percent of the whales in the collection are said to carry his genes.

What story did public relations tell about Daniel Dukes?

That a young man, arrested not long before, snuck into SeaWorld, maybe climbed the barbed wire, stayed after hours, hid, stripped, wanted a magical experience with an orca, and drowned from hypothermia. He is also called a drifter who died of hypothermia. The speakers say they were not there to know the difference.

Why do speakers find the morning discovery suspicious?

They mention cameras all over SeaWorld and the back of Shamu Stadium, pointing every which way, plus underwater cameras, and a night watch trainer on duty every night. They ask whether that person heard splashing or screaming, and say it is hard to believe nobody knew until morning that a body was in the pool.

Do the speakers say the bites happened before Dukes died?

No. They say the medical examiner reports were more graphic, including that Tilikum stripped him and left bite marks, but they say they do not know whether that was post-death or pre-death. The only firm comment is that he jumped in the wrong pool.

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