WHAT: Her pool mates have gone 0-3, so Polly gets
the call this year to make the
harbor seals’ pick in Super Bowl XLIX.
WHEN: 11:45 a.m. Thurs., Jan. 29 at the Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk, 10 Water Street, Norwalk, CT
HOW: Polly is trained to leap straight out of
the water and touch a suspended yellow ball
with her nose. This Thursday, during the
Aquarium’s first public seal feeding, Polly
will be given a choice of suspended
pennants representing the New England Patriots
& Seattle Seahawks. Two out of three will determine her choice.
NOTE:
both yellow balls will be measured in advance to ensure that they are
not
under-inflated.
WHO: Vicki Sawyer, Ellen Riker and Azzara
Oston, the aquarists who will be feeding the
seals (and helping Polly with her
choice).
To date, the Aquarium’s seals are 0-3 in their picks. (Rasal
the seal picked New England two years ago. Orange the seal chose the 49ers in
2013 and the Broncos in 2014.) Will an Aquarium seal finally get a pick right? Or should you just bet on the team that Polly
doesn’t
pick?
ABOUT POLLY: Polly is
27 years old. She was born at Mystic Aquarium in 1987 and came to The Maritime
Aquarium in 1994. She weighs in at 175
pounds, just a bit less than elusive Patriots receiver/kick returner Danny
Amendola. Polly actually prefers
baseball over football. Her favorite players are Mike Trout and Hall of Famer
“Catfish” Hunter.
For more information about the Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk visit http://www.maritimeaquarium.org
