It's pretty clear that the animals at Sentosa's Dolphinarium are treated better than the wrestled crocodiles of Bangkok's Samphran Elephant Ground and the seals of Dusit Zoo.
But did they really need to make it so goddamn mawkish? Check out this nauseating spectacle of a girl meeting a pink dolphin (I didn't add the soppy soundtrack - they actually played this). You'd think some rich people got married or something.
Sentosa Island Dolphinarium,
Singapore
They love being karate-chopped in the stomach
They love being the receptacles for your carelessly discarded rings
They love breakdancing (what they actually think they're doing - and why the crowd brays in delight when they do - is known only to the seals)
They love the sensation of a plastic ring scraping around and around on their gyrating snouts
They love concentrating intently on not dropping the heavy balls balanced in front of their worried faces
They love entering the Special Zone - but if they come back without a chaos emerald, there'll be trouble! (Some slightly obscure Sonic the Hedgehog references to go out on)
