• KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    It’s because they kept her instead of sending her to a larger aquarium or marine biology center that could support Charlotte.

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      18 hours ago

      Source? The provided link said she was sick which made it look like she was pregnant.

      A larger aquarium might have saved her but it feels disingenuous to imply they kept her despite that when it sounds like they didn’t even know there was even a problem requiring escalation until it was way too late.

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        15 hours ago

        They knew there was a problem months before she died, and even if they didn’t, they should have sent her somewhere with the proper resources. Instead, they kept her in a tiny “aquarium,” which is just a small room of fish tanks of aquatic animals that shouldn’t be there.

        They kept her because she was making tons of money.

        Had they sent her to a proper pacific research aquarium that is knowledgable about her species, she may not have died.