Saw this on sky this morning and the comments from people that were there before said they were given repeated warnings and were told not to lift the trays that hold the fish above the wall (as the kid did) as the dolphins will take it she was waving it around once the dolphin realised it was a hand it let go !!!sensationalist reporting !!!! And stupid parents

I was recently at Seaworld (Nov 2012) and spent 2 hours around Dolphin Cove. I can assure you, during those 2 hours I heard the speech over and over again regarding how to feed the dolphins.

You are clearly told before approaching the wall and again before your handed your tray of fish, to leave that tray on the wall and not to let the dolphin see it.

Your told, the dolphin is clever and associates that tray as food, if they see it, they’ll try to grab it!!

The silly girl picked the tray up in her hand and the dolphin grabbed it.

Why this has been made a worldwide story because of parents who did not watch their child and follow the guidelines, I will never know!

In all : Dolphin 1 – 0 Silly Girl

They probably don’t warn that you might get splashed either, it’s a given. The dolphin didn’t go for her hand it went for the food, her hand was in the way.

“the family of the girl said that staff at the Orlando resort did not warn that the dolphins might bite”

Hmm let me think…if there is open cage with lions and no warning message could that mean it must be ok to get in a play with them for a bit?

I know dolphin is not lion, but some people are such thick they need to be told literally everything. Its wild animal that can sometimes mistake your finger with small fish alright. Learn the lesson dude.

I’ve been there and fed the dolphins there- they’re incredibly gentle intelligent creatures. This was obviously a very rare accident, the dolphin was going for the food. Glad the kid wasn’t too badly hurt though!

How’s the Dolphin!? Gosh when u think of how she held the fishy up in her hand; dolphin was only responding in a most natural way,.

I love the “we won’t show anyone” comment in the video!!!!

And here we go…her parents sue sea world for x million. Its a wild animal, it bites, it sees food it’ll eat it.

Show for the video …. it’s important …………..for our claim.

Make all Americans play junior B hurling, then they would know about injuries..

I worked there years ago and utmost care is taken for staff and visitors

Its only a scratch! I’m more upset that they think its good family fun to bring their children to sea world to feed these beautiful captive animals who should be living their lives in the sea. Its disgusting.

glad the little girl was not badly hurt! but come on… its obvious the dolphin was going for the food, and i hope we dont hear of this animal been put to sleep over this (accident).

Just a wee nip! She’ll be grand!

I can feel a court case coming on…

“Ouch!” screamed the little girl.
“nom nom nom” the dolphin retorted.

Her parents have done her far more damage by posting this online. Wait till her friends and class mates see a video of her whimpering.

Flip-er parents for bringing her there it’s very unfair on those beautiful creatures they should be free

Little bitch punched the dolphin in the nose (8 seconds into the video)

My god never heard of a dolphin attacking anyone or thing in my life ” ahhh forgot its in a fish bowl” unbelievable

Dolphins are gentle. Its the girls fault she was bitten. No other person got bitten. No sympathy

Can’t blame the dolphin. I’ve been to that sea world and there’s performances with people surfing on the dolphins, literally standing on their backs with a little noose/loop around their noses directing them around the pool.

We expected an oasis of conservation, and other than a generous manatee pool, it was a circus with performing sea creatures

Mother: “We’re not going to show it to anybody”

oh man if it was a great white maybe but a cute little dolphin then no!!! I’ve been there too and its all clearly signed, hope they don’t get a penny.

Everyone should watch the film “The Cove” – it shows the annual hunt and slaughter of dolphins. The lucky minority are captured and sold to the likes of Sea World. These incredible creatures need to be free. Putting them in a petting zoo doing tricks is horrendous. Their smile is anatomic, it does not reflect happiness.

Didn’t they know that dolphins are on a strict ‘see-food’ diet? The see food and they eat it… Sorry

That still image is absolutely priceless! You can see her winding up her wicked right hook.

You’d swear he bit the hand off her

Muchado about nothing really my older brother used to do that all the time if i flashed a marietta in front of him ..didnt really like mariettas but the father loved them..

Rise of the planet of the dolphins..!! Oh holy crap, it’s really happening..!!! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES..

It’s plain to see what happened can’t blame the dolphin it’s obvious there fairly hungry otherwise they would not be taking the plate with them, they should be free anyway not a child’s playground and as for the parents god it’s the fastest way to make a dollar or three sick people in this world ! Hope the dolphins ok !!!!!

We all know how this is going to play out fro here. Parents will sue seaworld for x million dollars for the ridiculous argument that they weren’t told the dolphins could bite. Like everyone has pointed out before me, the child was waving the food in front of the dolphin. What do you expect. These are caged animals. It knew was in the wrong when it caught her and let go quite quickly. I just guess the father saw dollar signs when it happened. Hopefully sea world fight any attempt at a lawsuit but I won’t hold my breathe. I can see a settlement out of court.

Stuiped child!! Should have fed her to the sharks!!!

I’m sorry lucky escape from what????? Was the Dolphin trying to drag her into the water and eat her???? Sensationalism at its best! The Dolphin was only trying to get the tray of fish.

Looking for a pay day if you ask me. Idiots. “It’s ok honey I want to video the damage for my lawyers”

There is no story here. Just a silly girl with silly parents who did a silly thing. If the dolphin went for her and tried to pull her into the water then she might be considered to have had a narrow escape.

I don’t think the dolphin meant to do this.

If the Dolphin wasn’t imprisoned for amusement her hand wouldn’t have been bitten.

“We thought, look, we’ve got this video, let’s make it public, and let’s try to put some pressure on SeaWorld to make some changes,” Jamie Thomas told the CNN affiliate station. FFS – How often does this happen???? What a panic-ridden society we live in when an accident happens and we have to call it a public emergency…sorry…but since being over-dramatic was already on the table….The bloody dolphin probably thought it looked like a snack ;oP

The minute they made their daughter show her hand to the camera there was only one thing on their mind : $$$$$$$$

And this is the type of place that RTE, Aerlingus & Jedward are promoting with the competition on the Toy Show last week :(
And where are these majestic animals caught?? See here: http://taiji.ezearth.tv/

dolphin lungdren brings the paiiiiiinnnn

They tell you when you go in to keep the paper plate on the wall. Don’t hold it up because the dolphin will think you want them to get it. She held up the plate and the dolphin grabbed it. Unfortunate but you take a chance when you come in contact with any animal.

Just hold your hand out so we can film it…ya it’s important…….for the claim after money money money!!!

No sympathy whatsoever. People need to use common sense when dealing with a caged trapped animal out of its own habitat – I would bite too if there was some spoiled brat stuck in my face trying to feed me. Parents should have been more careful and used some cop on.

Vicious dolphin, deserves a hole in the back of his head……

Yeah but politician bond holders use androids instead of Apples. Negative equity Quinn Croke Park.

It’s a bit disappointing that this story and the “do you like your milk hot or cold on your cereal” was chosen considering our finance minister was in Europe today about Greece’s debt write off.

The German & French finance ministers said this would not happen in Ireland’s case as Ireland has Never asked for debt forgiveness!
Sorry but too pissed off to wait for the right place to post!

And they only went there for a day of Fun-gi….

I find tinned dolphins safer. It’s just they are too much for one person.