In 1904, they did what all good beer manufacturers do and sponsored a baseball team in the Milwaukee Brewers League. Also that year, the Worldâs Fair came to St. Louis and the company had the honour of exhibiting a massive, 24ft high bottle depicting the spring house at the brewery.
The Whale Caller by Zakes Mda is the story of a love triangle between the Whale Caller, the whale Sharisha and the alcoholic Saluni. While the story is compelling, the reader will have to dig through layer of symbolism. At times I found it fascinating at times but at other times just wearying.
Humpback whales also use their long pectoral fins for communication, in both aggressive and defensive behaviour. Pec-slapping, is where the whale lies on its side and slaps its long pectoral flippers on the surface of the water, producing an audible crack. Pec-slapping can be used gently between courting animals or more aggressively between males competing for a female.