Lolrus

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Lolrus is a version of Lolcat , which is popular on the site I Can Has Cheezburger . Lolrus is typically shown as a walrus who has lost a bucket, is searching for a bucket, or is enjoying a recently found bucket of some kind.

Minazo

Despite The name Lolrus, he is not actually a walrus: he was an obese seal named Minazo. Minazo is a Southern Elephant Seal^[1], which is one of the two extant species of elephant seal^[2]. Minazo was raised in Japan’s Enoshima Aquarium from when he was a half-year old until his death in 2005.In 2006, Minazo was memorialized by the Japanese noise musician Masami Akita, also known as Merzbow^[3], in a two-volume album with artwork by Jenny Akita showing Minazo holding his bucket

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^[1] Wikipedia-Merzbow

^[2] Wikipedia-Elephant seal

^[3] Wikipedia-Southern Elephant seal