In Harbor Springs, Michigan, there is a bar inside the Northern Lights Recreation Center called the Sassy Loon. For years, locals and tourists alike have wondered which loon, in particular, the spacious lounge is named after.
This week, thousands of miles away in Las Vegas, they may have gotten their answer.
On Tuesday, a yellow-billed loon — one of the 10 rarest birds to breed in the mainland United States, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal — decided to take a leisurely swim in a Bellagio pool that’s part of the resort’s famous fountain show. Upon learning that this sassiest of loons was the rarest of species, the Bellagio put its fountain show on hold until the Department of Wildlife captured the bird early Wednesday and relocated it to a remote location where it will hopefully continue its migration.
The presence of such a loon in Las Vegas is super weird, said UNLV professor Donald Price, who told the R-J, “I was surprised a loon would do this.”
The Bellagio’s loony situation comes on the heels of a Venetian guest allegedly getting stung in the testicles by a scorpion while he was sleeping.
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