Posted on 12/02/2012 2:35:09 PM PST by nickcarraway
Jillian Thomas’ father, Jamie Thomas, captured the Nov. 21 attack on video with images of his daughter’s face contorting with pain as the girl suffered three puncture wounds the size of dimes
An 8-year-old Atlanta girl and her family say they got the fright of their lives at SeaWorld Orlando last month when a dolphin lunged toward the girl and bit her hand.
Jillian Thomas’ father, Jamie Thomas, captured the Nov. 21 attack on video with images of his daughter’s face contorting with pain as the girl suffered three puncture wounds the size of dimes, reports the Orlando Sentinel.
The cuts are healing, the family was thankful the attack wasn’t worse. Still, the family posted the video online as a warning to other parents.
“The first thing I thought was I would have to jump in the water and save my daughter's life,” Jamie Thomas told the Orlando Sentinel. “I literally thought she was going to be pulled into the water.”
The girl was attacked while she was participating in the feeding at the dolphin cove, the newspaper reported.
She put the paper fish container up in the air to where the dolphin could grab it, which SeaWorld warns against. The child's mother said her daughter made a mistake and "you can't hold a minor responsible for that."
SeaWorld officials said in a statement they had not seen the video but are taking the matter seriously.
"Nothing is more important to us than the health and safety of our guests, employees and animals," the statement said. "Educators and animal care staff were at the attraction when this happened and immediately connected with the family."
Classic MSM twisting of facts in order to create a crisis where none exists..........
The kid wasn't "attacked", the fish merely went after the food on the plate she was holding in her hand........
And yes I said fish.........if it looks like a fish, swims like a fish and smells like a fish, it's a f'n fish!
I agree it didn’t look like an attack to me.
Even if it was, a dolphin is a wild animal and they bite sometimes.
Attack ? LOL
That was lunch.... The girls hand got in the way...
I remember when I was about that age at some acquaintance’s house. Their child and I were playing in swings. I was standing up. I also had part of a sandwich in my left hand. While I was swinging their dog jumped up and tried to get the sandwich. It missed and got the back part of my ear. It hurt some. The kid’s mother put some iodine and a bandaid on it. I survived. The dog survived.
Stuff happens, especially around animals.
Dolphin went: ptttthhhuuuuu. Tasted like huemannnn.
It looked to me that instead of tossing a whole fish like the young gentleman in front of her, she was flicking specks of fish at the dolphins.
Probably the dolphin got annoyed at being teased that way.
As an an attorney, I would gladly take on this case and represent the dolphin and sue the kid and her idiot parents for all they have.
Don’t you think the park is at fault? They can’t expect the kid or the dolphin to act otherwise.
She put the paper fish container up in the air to where the dolphin could grab it, which SeaWorld warns against. The child's mother said her daughter made a mistake and "you can't hold a minor responsible for that."
Seriously? This kid is going to be raised as another spoiled brat if mama doesn't expect the kid to obey her parents and follow the rules.
Has this kid ever been told "NO!"??
I think the parents are at fault, they are responsible for the behavior of their children and making sure they follow the rules.
If it were my business, I wouldn’t arrange for children to be in a position to be bitten by likely actions. Children and animals are unpredictable.
My dog Buddy does that. He sees the treat and if you are not careful he takes half your finger with it.
Candygram ...
He showed more fight than the ones in Miami did today.
What do you think?
Parents today don’t parent.
“Aww, ma’am, I’m just a dolphin.”
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