To celebrate Black Friday, I decided to spend part of the afternoon at the Denver Zoo, and I arrived just in time to see a show put on by Maverick, a California Seal, and his trainer. According to the person narrating the demonstration, because the temperature of the water has increased by a mere 2 degrees, the fish have gone to lower depths in the area where Maverick lived, resulting in him not being able to get enough food to feed himself. As a result, Maverick wound up on the beach, malnourished and looking for a handout. According to Fox News, this is true of a lot of Californians.
Maverick was taken to some sort of wildlife rehabilitation center, pronounced well, and released back into the ocean, only to once again wind up on the beach, looking for handouts. Typical Californian behavior, I am sure Fox News would say. In any case, it was determined that Maverick could not survive on his own, and like many many other Californians, wound up here in Denver. Unlike the majority of these Californians, however, the zoo keepers were able to teach Maverick a lot of nifty tricks, and after each one he gets a special treat (probably sushi). It was a fun demonstration, but it makes me wonder. Is Maverick just another animal locked up at the zoo, or is he merely working the system? You tell me.
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