Walrus Found Stolen Bucket, Kicked It

Posted by Alex in Animal, Blog & Internet, Pictures on January 27, 2008 at 3:26 am


Oh noes! Thanks to Neatorama reader Christophe, I’ve just found out that Minazo, Japan’s largest Southern elephant seal and Internet superstar, actually died in 2005 (what can I say, Neatorama’s always behind the time!). The Japan Times has the story:

Minazo, Japan’s largest seal, died this week having charmed visitors for 10 1/2 years at Enoshima Aquarium in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, aquarium officials said.

Minazo, Japan’s largest seal, performs at Enoshima Aquarium in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, in this undated file photo. The seal died Tuesday of unknown causes.

The 11-year-old male, 4.5-meters long and weighing about 2 tons, was the largest seal ever raised by a Japanese aquarium. The animal died Tuesday after its appetite began to rapidly weaken the day before, officials said. The cause of death was not immediately known.

Minazo was brought to Japan from Uruguay in 1995. The seal soon mastered a variety of comical feats, including a popular stunt in which he held a bucket with one flipper while sticking out his tongue.

Minazo quickly rose to stardom at the aquarium, where his three shows a day proved a hit with visitors.

If you’re not familiar with LOLwalrus or LOLrus, here’s the Complete Walrus Bucket Saga for you (many of the pics below came from this site, so go there for more bucket, folks!). And this was the photo that started it all for the big guy:

Well then, here’s a belated tributute to Lolrus, who will live on in our hearts and on teh Interweb:


Mah own creashun, original photo at karlson.ru


Whut? Wheres mah bucket?


Maybe someone else has seen mah bukket!


Must go look for bucket!


Looking for bucket is hard work … must … get … massage … ooooooohhhh!!!!1!!


Desperate times call for desperate measures!

Maybe a legal persuasion is in order … (From ICanHasCheezBurger)


Lolrus has seen the light: it must work for a new bucket. (From ICanHasCheezBurger.com)

And who actually stole LOLrus’ bucket? The truth comes out at last:

RIP Minazo. (For more Lolrus-o-rama, check out the Complete Walrus Bucket Saga)


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10 comments to "Walrus Found Stolen Bucket, Kicked It"

  1. arta
    January 27th, 2008 at 4:17 am

    it was very sad.
    R.I.P.
    lolcats had a strip on it too.
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/apelad/1483674775/

  2. Carl Huber
    January 27th, 2008 at 10:04 am

    Yeah, so, even in your own post you say it's an elephant seal. Why do people keep calling it a walrus?

    It's not a walrus.

    "I R NOT A WALRUS"

    "NO, THEY BE TAKIN MAH SEALHOOD"

  3. The Slapster
    January 27th, 2008 at 11:46 am

    Shouldn't it be titled as "The end of intelligence and hopefully Mankind" instead? one of the stupidest 'net fascinations ever.

  4. biltmore
    January 27th, 2008 at 2:47 pm

    @ The Slapster

    Someone doesn't have a sense of humour.

  5. Designs by Jenean
    January 27th, 2008 at 7:41 pm

    Everyone needs a good laugh, too funny.

  6. ted
    January 27th, 2008 at 10:56 pm

    Too funny?
    I don't really get the whole LOL-thing, whether it's cats or walruses. Or should that be walri?

    Constantly giving subtitles to pictures of animals to make them sound like retarded toddlers just seems - odd.

  7. The Slapster
    January 27th, 2008 at 11:08 pm

    @biltmore

    Oh, my sense of humor is intact & doing fine. This just isn't funny. Meh, to each their own - continue with the drooling & giggling I suppose.

  8. Christophe
    January 28th, 2008 at 1:14 am

    Alex, sorry for being bearer of bad news : maybe I should have used a little psychological preparedness ;)

    "I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes, so live not in your yesterdays, no just for tomorrow, but in the here and now. Keep moving and forget the post mortems; and remember, no one can get the jump on the future."
    Carl Sandburg

  9. slapster the witless.
    February 3rd, 2009 at 1:31 pm

    shut up already slapster.. if it wasn't true about the lack of humor you have why are you in such quick defense?

    don't think it's funny? then change the channel, don't try to control everything just because you have a hornet up your rectum.

    thanks.

  10. awesomecat
    February 15th, 2009 at 9:24 am

    oh come on how can people not find this funny R U all insane. By the way I could kill that SEAL for dying on me.


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