A Paradox Of Aquarium Trainers

I went to the aquarium over this past weekend with a nephew and while watching the seal show I was quite taken aback by the juxtaposition of the trainers.

See, while the announcer was doing her spiel in the tone of “I used to be one of the kids on Barney” sort of way, the trainers each would run around the pool giving the signals for the seals to do the proper trick.

The first trainer up was the trainer who I was internally calling, Token Gay Trainer. 

Assuming that he would be the trainer throughout the entire show I figured the show would be quite fun to watch since he was over the top flamboyant about he way he was working with the seal - think Siegfried and Roy, only minus the Liberace glam.

Perhaps the two trainers were given equal time, but the male trainer’s time seemed to come and go too soon. 

Before I knew it Token Gay Trainer was done with his fun and exciting seal routine, and he walked offstage - I wanted to see more of Token Gay Trainer (yes, he was that much better of a trainer/entertainer) do more tricks with the seals.

Up next came the second trainer who by the end of the show I was referring to as being, Token S&M Trainer.

While Token S&M Trainer is all smiles in this photo, that smile came directly after a public spanking by that seal!

Yes, that trainer actually spent lots of time to train the seal to pick up on a signal to mosey on over beside her, and then proceed to spank her with it’s right flipper on her left buttcheek!

I’ve seen a lot of crazy and out there things done publicly and it takes a lot to shock me, however, in this case I really just wanted to leave them be to themselves.  Then her “act” went on for what seemed to be forever and a day.

Call me crazy, but Token S&M Trainer sure came across as a regular old Marv Albert!