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June 23, 2008

14-Year-Old Brooklyn Walrus Ayveq Dies

ayveq0806.jpgLast September the NY Aquarium's walrus Ayveq, along with Kulu, brought a new baby Walrus into the world. Sadly, the Brooklyn Paper reports that the nearly one-year-old walrus is now fatherless; at age 14 Ayveq has died (most likely of a bacterial infection)...but at least he left a legacy. Aquarium Director Jon Forrest Dohlin told the paper “We are all still in shock about it. He was an absolute delight. He had a magnetism and a charm that was totally his own. He loved people and he knew how to work a crowd and entertain guests." The paper also mentions the walrus's "oddly compelling, masturbation rituals" which gave him international recognition.

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How sad. I just saw Ayveq, as well as Kulusiq and baby Akituusaq, last weekend. Pity.

 
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