Westmann Islands Saeheimar Aquarium Heimaey Island, Vestmannaeyjar
HI Beakers...I ran across this when looking for pics of Manny earlier 
The gifs were taken of patients at the Puffin Rescue there. Cool stuff!Patient Hafdís is a playful puffin
Patient name Bárður Mýrdal
Bárður Mýrdal was oiled when he came here this summer from Vík í Mýrdal. Now he's been rinsed and is practicing his swimming for his release.At
Sæheimar you will find 3 exhibitions; the bird, mineral and the aquarium. At the museum you can see a variety of Icelandic birds including migratory and vagrant birds who stay permanently in Iceland and endure the dark and cold Icelandic winter. There is a good exhibition of various lava rocks and minerals.
At
Sæheimar you can learn all about the most popular bird in Iceland - the
puffin - and meet them live! There are approximately 8 million
Puffins in Iceland.
Sæheimar is also a bird rescue center and birds that are found either injured or chicks without parents are brought to the museum.
One rescue story is "
Tóti" the
Puffin.
Tóti was found abandoned in a
puffin colony at 7 days old. He hatched 6 weeks later than the other
pufflings.
Toti was a tiny guy wandering around at the end of the
puffin season when the older & much bigger
pufflings in
Iceland were about to leave their nest.
Tóti would not have survived if he wasn't rescued. When
Sæheimar rescued
Tóti & fed him he was ready to fly however, he was so young & helpless when he was found it was too late to release him & winter was coming, so they decided on raising him at the museum.
Tóti adapted very well to the life of humans at this museum.
Tóti passed away in 2018 at 7 years old.
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