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Netflix has just renewed this Spanish series that is taking the world by storm for a second season

The comedy series ‘Animal’, starring Luis Zahera, has been renewed for a second season following its premiere on October 3. This news comes at a timely moment, as the series has captured the audience’s attention, ranking second among the most-watched non-English language series on Netflix during the week of October 6 to 12, with 5.2 million views. This immediate success is indicative of the production’s potential and its appeal to the audience. The animal that stumbles twice on the same stone The platform of […]

The comedy series ‘Animal’, starring Luis Zahera, has been renewed for a second season following its premiere on October 3. This news comes at a timely moment, as the series has captured the audience’s attention, ranking second among the most-watched non-English language series on Netflix during the week of October 6 to 12, with 5.2 million views. This immediate success is indicative of the production’s potential and its appeal to the audience.

The animal that stumbles twice on the same stone

The streaming platform has quickly responded to this interest, which is understandable given that the series, which does not require an excessively high investment, has proven to be a safe bet. Additionally, in an unusual twist for castings, the production team organized a sheep audition in Madrid, a humorous promotional approach that included the participation of Zahera and Lucía Caraballo, who will return as Antón and Uxía in the new season.

In this second installment, produced by Alea Media, the fascinating link between animals and humans in a rural context struggling to survive will be explored again. The synopsis promises more adventures with the main characters, as well as the return of the endearing kawanditos and comedic elements that have resonated well with viewers. The production anticipates a season with more episodes than the first, as the initial nine chapters left many fans wanting more.

Although a release date for the second season of ‘Animal’ has not yet been announced, fans hope that the wait will not be as long as it has been for other series.

The Remarkable Journey of Lolita the Killer Whale: A Captive for 50 Years, Finally Set Free!

Lolita weighs 2,267 kilos and has not done shows of any kind for a year. The managers of the Seaquarium are sure that this will be positive for the animal: “I know that Lolita wants to swim in open water”

Depending on your generation, if we say “Lolita” there are two possibilities: you might think of the singer of ‘Sarandonga’ or you might think of an influencer who has been caught smoking in a bar. But there is one more whose story you have to know, one that seems inspired by ‘Free Willy’, that 1993 movie: the killer whale that, at last, is going back to the sea.

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Free Lolita

August 8, 1970. Penn Cove, a place full of Washington islands. Tokitae, a four-year-old killer whale, is trapped and sold to the Miami Seaquarium for about $20,000. Eventually, based on the work of Vladimir Nabokov and as a tribute to his best-known character, she ended up being named Lolita. It was 1970, let’s not ask for exquisite sensibilities.

Lolita started living with Hugo, a male with whom she never stopped mating (without offspring) and who died ten years later. Since then, she has shared her aquarium with dolphins and whales… until, finally, at over 55 years old, it has been formally announced that the orca will be released (finally) into the sea. There, as if it were a Pixar movie, her mother, Ocean Sun, who is almost a century old and still alive, lives on.

Lolita weighs 2267 kilos and has not been doing shows of any kind for a year. Seaquarium managers are confident that this will be positive for the animal: “I know Lolita wants to swim in free water”, they said, confident that real life is like a cartoon movie. Of course, she will have to wait between 18 and 24 months to be moved, and it will cost about twenty million dollars (three zeros more than it cost at the time).

It must be said that this does not come from the Seaquarium suddenly becoming responsible, but from the fact that in 2015 there was a protest with thousands of people at the gates with the slogan #FreeLolita… And the complaints have continued and grown over the years. Come on, those 20 million buy more a good PR case than the kindness of some millionaires, who probably have not thought that after fifty years stuck in a water tank, it is difficult for her to learn to move in freedom.

Along with Lolita, there are 55 other orcas in captivity around the world, four of them in Spain: Adam, Morgan, Tekoa and Keto, in the Loro Parque de Tenerife. Will we ever see their release?