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Flamingos on the moveSaturday, June 02, 2012
Plastic flamingos will be paying surprise visits across the Island this month — as they move on from their starting point on the lawns of Government House.
Governor Launches BZS Flamingo Fundraiser
Friday, June 01, 2012
Bermuda’s new Governor George Fergusson today [June 1] helped Bermuda Zoological Society [BZS] launch its annual “Flamingo Flocking Fun-raiser” on the Government House lawn.
Rescue effort unable to save stranded whale
Friday, June 01, 2012
A 17-foot minke whale calf that died after wandering into the shallows of St George's Harbour was salvaged for research by its would-be rescuers.
Whale dies despite rescue bid
Thursday, May 31, 2012
FRIDAY, JUNE 1 UPDATE: Volunteers fought desperately to save a stricken baby whale that beached itself in St George’s yesterday.
Lemurs check-in and check out their new home
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Three ring-tailed lemurs have been introduced to the Madagascar Exhibit at Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo.
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Happy birthday!: aquarist Kascia White presents Pebbles with her cake of fish
Special day: Pebbles is treated to some fish
It’s not every animal that is treated to a birthday surprise.
But for Pebbles the Atlantic harbour seal, it must have felt like all her birthdays had come at once on Wednesday when she was given a frozen cake of fish.
All the other seals at the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo were kept to one side as staff gathered to wish the 23-year-old seal happy birthday.
Feeding time: head aquarist Lisa Ray with Pebbles as a pup
Pebbles, who was born at BAMZ in 1993, is the youngest of the aquarium’s seals and was hand-reared from two days old.
In the wild, the average lifespan of an Atlantic harbour seal is about 25 years.