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by EdwardDiego 1393 days ago
> I get that you're trying to make a point, but this kind of hyperbole only discredits it.

...are you going to expand on why you think it's hyperbole?

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Well, simple ratios. A human is roughly 6 feet tall, so a 3x3x3 box is a box with side length 1/2 of the height. The equivalent for an orca would be if you took an orca’s length, 26 feet, and had the enclosure be 13x13x13. The volume would be 2197 cubic feet, roughly 16,000 gallons that is.

Seaworld Orlando’s enclosure is approx 6 million gallons, so that statement is off by about 37,500%.