P&A News @ December 4, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The Istanbul Dolphinarium in Turkey opens this week and has a star as a headliner.
The entertainer is named Sara and includes in her act imitations, playing an instrument and an exhibition of other skills.
Sara is a walrus.
She was trained by a Russian gentleman named Sergiy.
For one trick, the walrus wears a hat and [...]
P&A News @ December 3, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Patrick Marks of Portsmouth, RI has caught many lobsters in his 14-year career, but never one like the specimen he pulled in on Monday, December 1.
Instead of the usual two claws, the crustacean featured four - the usual crusher claw and three pincher claws.
Remarkably, all four claws function normally.
The lady lobster weighed 1.5 pounds and [...]
P&A News @ November 2, 2008 # No Comment Yet
With actions more befitting a scene from “Finding Nemo,” Otto the octopus has been sabotaging an aquarium.
The mischievous mollusk has had a history of stirring up trouble at the Sea Star Aquarium in Coburg, Germany.
Director Elfriede Kummer said, “Once we saw him juggling the hermit crabs in his tank, another time he threw stones against [...]
P&A News @ October 14, 2008 # No Comment Yet
How many sea lions does it take to sink a boat?
With weights that can range up to 550 pounds for the males, maybe not as many as you might think. In Port San Luis, California, these marine animals have managed to sink three.
As their populations have grown, they have become more assertive in reclaiming the [...]
P&A News @ July 22, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Big Dee Dee, the 22-pound lobster whose freedom had been purchased for $3000, will not be returned to the ocean. He will not be on anyone’s dinner menu either.
Denis Breau, owner of Dee Dee and Big Fish market, had awarded the lobster to a group who intended to return him to his natural habitat. However, federal [...]
P&A News @ July 20, 2008 # No Comment Yet
On Monday, July 21, the world’s oldest captive manatee will reach a major milestone, his 60th birthday.
Snooty, who resides at South Florida Museum’s Parker Manatee Aquarium in Bradenton, FL, is believed to have been the first manatee born in captivity.
Instead of a birthday cake Snooty will dine on strawberries, pineapples or an extra head of cabbage. You see, Snooty [...]
P&A News @ July 20, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Dee-Dee the giant lobster awaits her fate in a tank. ctv.ca
A 22-pound lobster considered to be about 100 years old will not be served on a platter as expected.
Big Dee Dee, as the giant lobster is known, was caught in early July and housed at the Big Fish seafood market in Shediac, New Brunswick. The [...]