So I'm standing there at Shamu Close-Up, which is a big pool where the whales can hang out in between shows and the public can see them. I'm there to answer questions people may have about the animals. Unfortunatly this was a closing shift so it was about 9:45 at night and there were not many whale-curious people about. Suddenly the trainer comes down to do a feeding session with the one whale in the pool and turns to me and asks "Hey, do you wanna feed a killer whale?" Now I've been working at Sea World since June 12 and I've still never even touched a dolphin so I was like "Uh, yeah." Now granted I didn't get to touch the whale, and I was just sticking my hands into ice cold fish and tossing big handfuls down her throat but it was an interaction all the same. The whale acknowledged me. At first she kept looking to the trainer for the food, but the trainer would point to me "no, he's feeding you." Eventually the whale was like, oh okay I get it now, and moved over in front of me and opened her mouth. So f-ing cool. I wonder if my mother would kill me if I set aside that college degree for a few years to ascend through the ranks of Sea World to become a Shamu trainer. (Apparently the money's not that good, but I'll bet you the line "I work with Shamu" gets you laid like none other.) Anyway, after the feed the whale kept swimming around and pausing to look at me as if to say "Well new guy... anymore fish coming or what?" So cool.