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>> ^sirengarg:
It was not fake. Staged is a matter of opinion.
I PLANNED to bring Pleo to Sea World. In HOPES of getting a reaction. The underwater viewing area was a friggan mad house and Pleo and I were getting pushed around and I was afraid Pleo would get hurt. I had video of someone nearly kicking her. So I asked a trainer to help me out. She liked Pleo so much, she called 3 more trainers over and they made the crowd back off. All she did was call ONE dolphin over and pointed at it. After that, it was magic. I believe the cove held 14 dolphins. And I believe every one of them came over to look at some point. 2 mainly stuck around and barely left, save to get a breath now and then. And the one at the end was really upset when I picked up Pleo and pressed its head against the glass and waved its fluke kinda violently, like a temper tantrum. I had shut off the camera when I went to pick up Pleo, so never captured it. But then the scene where you see Pleo and that dolphin face to face, you could see how happy it was. We waited till he left to take a breath to walk away. I felt bad. And plan to bring Pleo again to see them soon. I want to see how well they remember him.

It was not fake. Staged is a matter of opinion.

I PLANNED to bring Pleo to Sea World. In HOPES of getting a reaction. The underwater viewing area was a friggan mad house and Pleo and I were getting pushed around and I was afraid Pleo would get hurt. I had video of someone nearly kicking her. So I asked a trainer to help me out. She liked Pleo so much, she called 3 more trainers over and they made the crowd back off. All she did was call ONE dolphin over and pointed at it. After that, it was magic. I believe the cove held 14 dolphins. And I believe every one of them came over to look at some point. 2 mainly stuck around and barely left, save to get a breath now and then. And the one at the end was really upset when I picked up Pleo and pressed its head against the glass and waved its fluke kinda violently, like a temper tantrum. I had shut off the camera when I went to pick up Pleo, so never captured it. But then the scene where you see Pleo and that dolphin face to face, you could see how happy it was. We waited till he left to take a breath to walk away. I felt bad. And plan to bring Pleo again to see them soon. I want to see how well they remember him.