A Night at the Rock Shoal


Japan's affinity for colloquial, aquatic creatures is as well-known around the world as it is documented on uBlog (namely here, here and here). Tokyo's Hakkeijima Sea Paradise hosts the Beluga Whale, a chatty underwater beast dubbed the "sea canary" for its acrobatic vocal chords and irrepressible urge to sing, sing, sing. This specimen of Delphinapterus leucas appears to take all manner of requests. Crosby? Armstrong? Martin? Fitzgerald? Just about anything — short of keeping quiet.

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