Minazō

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Minazō ( Hiragana : み な ぞ う ; Kanji : 美男 象 , German "beautiful, male [elephant seal "; * approx. 1994; † October 4, 2005 ) was an elephant seal that lived in the Shin Enoshima aquarium ( 新 江 ノ 島 水族館 , Shin-Enoshima Suizokukan ) lived in Fujisawa .

Minazō came to Japan from Uruguay in May 1995 , where he quickly became a celebrity. When fully grown, he weighed around 2 tons and was 4½ meters tall. The elephant seal mastered several acts of dressage; two records from the Merzbow sound art project were dedicated to him.

The popular elephant seal died of emphysema on October 4, 2005 . His skeleton is currently on display at Nihon University .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Popular Enoshima aquarium seal dies after 10 1/2-year run , The Japan Times , October 7, 2005.
  2. ↑ a b c d 「み な ぞ う」 く ん と お 別 れ 、 神奈川 ・ 新 江 ノ 島 水族館 ( Memento from February 24, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), livedoor PJ news, October 7, 2005.
  3. ↑ 日本 一 の 巨大 ア ザ ラ シ 「み な ぞ う」！ 骨 格 標本 を 公開 中 ( Memento from January 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), livedoor PJ news, June 29, 2006.