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  • SeaWorld Curator: Ponytail Likely Caused Fatal Killer Whale Attack

    02/25/2010 6:27:16 AM PST · by PilotDave · 272 replies · 5,887+ views
    abc ^ | 25 Feb 2010 | LEE FERRAN and RUSSELL GOLDMAN
    Chuck Tompkins, curator of zoological operations at SeaWorld Orlando, told "Good Morning America." "Dawn had very long hair in a ponytail. That ponytail had swung in front of him. He grabbed her by the hair and pulled her underwater and held her underwater." Eyewitnesses could see clearly through viewing glass as the 12,000 pound killer whale named Tillikum thrashed Brancheau viciously underwater.Though it's the third time Tillikum has been involved in a human's death, there are reportedly no plans to take the massive animal out of the show. "We need to evaluate how to do this the right way," Tompkins...