It’s not hard to convince people to want to hang out with a robot dolphin instead of the real thing. (via hakaimagazine)
Delle was designed to revolutionize traditional captive animal demonstrations. The project began several years ago when three Chinese aquariums approached the company looking to cut costs by using robots in lieu of live animals, but the effort has proved appealing to those concerned with the welfare of cetaceans in captivity.
But Delle’s existence raises a question: if given the choice, would you pick to see a fake dolphin instead of a real one?by David Fennell, an ecotourism researcher at Brock University in Ontario, shows that while people may initially find the prospect of a robot less appealing, they can quickly shift their perspective.
When people see others enjoying captive animal encounters, he says, that is a normative experience—it makes them more prone to thinking the activity is acceptable in spite of their own reservations., which documents the life of Lolita, a captive killer whale at the Miami Seaquarium in Florida, and a promotional video for Delle made by Edge Innovations, the majority of the students changed their minds.
Interestingly, rather than just accepting the robotic dolphin as a cybernetic substitute, many of Fennell’s students decided that seeing the animatronic dolphin would be a unique experience in its own right.
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