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Off the soap box I completely fell in love with the belugas at Marineland.



They were extremely playful and you can see it in their eyes incredibly intelligent they are.



They are also very expressive with their emotions and you could tell they were thrilled to have a bunch of humans to play with.



The King Waldorf Stadium Show is basically a competition between the blue and red teams with dolphins, seals and the belugas competing with their trainers. 



At the end of the show King Waldorf; a huge walrus comes out to applaud the victors.

I have to say that I have a fondness for walruses.  When I was a kid up in Chicago we would make yearly visits to Brookfield Zoo.  There was a huge old walrus named "Olga" that almost everyone loved.  She enjoyed all of the attention and had a knack for understanding when someone in the crowd didn't love and adore her and instead was making fun of her.  Normally it would be a few young men having a laugh over how large she was and maybe there would be a statement on how she was uglu.  Olga knew very well what they were saying and made sure to completely soak just them.  One didn't offend Olga or you'd pay.



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