Splashy comeback for cute whiskers

Dendrinos (foreground), marine biologist PhD and coordinator of MOm, and Antonis Bourikas, boat captain of MOm, checking the position of Renos-Pantelis, a monk seal, after its release on the island of Gyaros, Greece. — AP

PANAGIS hauls himself out of the pool at a rehabilitation centre in Greece and scurries over for a delectable lunch: whole mackerel.

It’s been about three months since the orphaned seal pup was found struggling in the coastal waters of Cyprus.