The blackfish, more commonly known as, orcas or killer whales. Has been known to give smiles to many. While seeing them in the wild or at parks, like SeaWorld, can both give people happiness and exciting feelings. Now take a minuet. What would happen if all people knew about the blackfish were incorrect? The only thing that was true, was the love for the mammal. The documentary by Gabriela Cowperthwaite, Blackfish, is to show the importance of how these animals act. Some would disagree, bit if people dive deeper into their understanding, Orcas are similar to humans in their emotions.

Blackfish has many different resources which makes this documentary convincing. According to Howard Garrett, an Orca Researcher, states that there has not been any record of any whale attack from a wild whale. On the other hand, there has been countless records of Orca whale attacks from captivity. The attacks come from many SeaWorld, zoos and other alike parks like SeaWorld, form other counties. This shows that whales get stressed in captivity because they don't have open, unlimited waters like the wild whales. Lori Marina, a neuroscientists, said her team looked at whales' brain, and found something amazing. They have an extended-paralumbic cleft. …show more content…
They are the largest mammals in the ocean and love to be social and be around their family. The orcas in captivity have the same motives, but are very limited. When they have their life taken away, get on a set schedule and placed in a bathtub with little room, they are very stressed. Also the whales in captivity get an unhealthy food source of dead fish which makes their dorsal fin flopped over. A flopped over fin is a sign of an unhealthy whale. When the whales are stressed they take it out on the trainers because they are the one ones that the whales interact with. When love if given, al the stress is taken away, and that is what the whales need.