Friday, January 28, 2011

Kookaburras, Otters and Shopping




SeaWorld Animal Ambassador Alex Gonzalez brought Merlin the Kookaburra to guest on the show. Merlin is a handsome fellow from Australia, the largest member of the kingfisher family, and he was the perfect show contributor. When asked for his comments, Merlin performed on cue with a laugh that apparently has been featured on all the old Tarzan movies (wrong continent of course, but Hollywood has never been too geographically precise!).

My second creature guest was Boris, an Asian small-clawed river otter, who spent most of the show asleep in the arms of Beth Bonnelli, another SeaWorld Animal Ambassador. Boris stirred occasionally to nuzzle Beth’s armpits, but was otherwise sleepy and gentle…unlike his relative Dunder the Otter, who had attacked the microphone of my CHFI colleagues Mike & Erin just the week before!

And of course a trip to Orlando is not complete without some Retail Therapy: I explored the myriads of stores that are Prime Outlets Orlando, International Drive and did my clothes shopping for the year (it’s a guy thing!).

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