water

Water, from Latin aquatĭcus, it's a adjective that qualifies what is linked to Water or who lives in it. The WaterOn the other hand, it is a substance made up of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atoms, which is colorless, tasteless and odorless.

The aquatic animals they are the species whose life develops in water. There are animals that breathe underwater (absorbing the oxygen that is dissolved) and others that temporarily leave the water to access the oxygen that is in the atmosphere.

The fishes, for example, they are aquatic animals that have gills to breathe underwater. Other aquatic animals, such as hippos, the otters and the Ducks, they cannot breathe underwater.

It is known as aquatic ecosystem to the ecosystem that has a body of water as a biotype (the area where fauna and flora develop). This body of water can be a lagoon, a stream, a river or a sea, among other possibilities.

The watersports, on the other hand, are those disciplines that are developed under water or in contact with it. The diving, the swimming, the surf and the rowing are some of these sports. To practice them, many times a special clothing known as wetsuit, which confers thermal insulation to the athlete.

The entertainment centers whose attractions are based on the use of water are called Waterparks. These enclosures have swimming pools, slides and other facilities for visitors to have fun in the water.

Of course, many water parks also include shows in their attractions where the protagonists are animals that have been deprived of their Liberty and from contact with their families in a violent and unjustified way, and that they lead terrible lives until one of two things happens: either they are released when they have a few months left to live to a sea that no longer awaits them, or they die of depression in the tiny swimming pools they have had to accept as their new homes.

In water parks, such is the suffering of these marine mammals, such as orcas and dolphins, that many of them commit suicide. Let's not forget that we are talking about intelligent and sociable animals, which need exchange with other individuals of their species to develop and be happy, and that one bad day of their early childhood they are caught in a cowardly way, to take them to live in a jail, where they are exploited and allocated a space that cannot begin to compare with the immensity of the ocean.

Both orcas and dolphins live in large communities, which have a very complex organization at the hierarchical level, and they swim more than 150 kilometers per day. How is it possible that there are human beings capable of torture these beings, depriving them of their freedom and their needs on a social level, for no reason other than material enrichment?

One of the most difficult points to understand is that these water parks are not illegal venues, but that they are one of the most popular attractions in the world, receiving millions of visits per year. Why is it so difficult empathize with beings of other species?

Although this may seem like a rhetorical question, there are several reasons that lead us to harden our hearts when we find ourselves in front of the suffering of non-human animals, although they all converge on the fundamental point of our lives: nurture.

Feed us with meat, eggs and milk; They teach us that there are "farm animals" that are born for us to raise and eat; They give us power over cats and dogs, to make them our personal servants. In short, they teach us from a young age that the rest of the animals are at our disposal, and they do endorsed by science, by psychology, by the media; such is the strength of this twisted message that very few question its veracity.