2/19/2007

Smooshi smitten with trainer


"Smooshi smitten with trainer
CBC News
Call it a match made in Marineland. A trainer at the Niagara Falls, Ont., amusement park has captured the affections of a 365-kilogram, five-year-old female walrus.
Smooshi has been smitten with trainer Phil Demers since arriving at Marineland from Russia about four years ago.

Smooshi bonded with Phil Demers shortly after she arrived at the park as an 18-month-old walrus.
(CBC) It was his job to make the transition to her new home a comfortable one and he won the animal's heart by removing her from a medical exam room when she became frightened.
'She actually imprinted on me, so she recognizes my smell, my sounds, everything,' Demers told CBC Newsworld on Sunday. 'It's interesting in that she kind of sees me almost as a maternal figure, so it happened fairly immediately.'
Smooshi follows Demers everywhere — "more:


Smooshi and Phil on My Space

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