Gaston is the name of a brown fur seal that lived in Prague Zoo in years 1991-2002 . He became famous during the 2002 European floods when he escaped from the zoological garden , when the rising waters of the Vltava river flooded his tank at Prague zoo . He swam more than from Prague to Dresden ( Germany ) on rivers Vltava and Elbe . He was recaptured north of Dresden and subsequently died due to exhaustion and infection
2002 European floods
2002 European floods
Gaston (seal)