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Deloitte Staff Give Back During “Impact Day”
Monday, November 25, 2013

Staff from Deloitte set aside laptops, phones and office duties recently on Deloitte’s annual Impact Day, a firm-wide day of volunteer service.


“Mystery Specimen” Identified As Fish Bone
Friday, November 01, 2013

A “mystery specimen” was found at Clearwater Beach earlier this year has been determined to be the jaw of a very large Parrotfish.


BZS president presents alternative to Blue Halo
Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Yet another option was presented as an alternative to the no take marine reserve being explored by the Government of Bermuda and the Pew Charitable Trust.


BZS Reef Watch 2013
Monday, October 21, 2013

BZS REEF WATCH a citizen-science initiative, building on 10 years of success with the BREAM Programme.


Chelsea the Octopus predicts winner
Thursday, October 17, 2013

Chelsea the Octopus correctly predicted Adam Scott as the winner of the PGA Grand Slam yesterday morning.



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Birthday surprise for Pebbles the seal
Royal Gazette
Friday, May 13, 2016

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Happy birthday!: aquarist Kascia White presents Pebbles with her cake of fish

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Special day: Pebbles is treated to some fish

It’s not every animal that is treated to a birthday surprise.

But for Pebbles the Atlantic harbour seal, it must have felt like all her birthdays had come at once on Wednesday when she was given a frozen cake of fish.

All the other seals at the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo were kept to one side as staff gathered to wish the 23-year-old seal happy birthday.

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Feeding time: head aquarist Lisa Ray with Pebbles as a pup

Pebbles, who was born at BAMZ in 1993, is the youngest of the aquarium’s seals and was hand-reared from two days old.

In the wild, the average lifespan of an Atlantic harbour seal is about 25 years.