Sealo

Stanislaus Berent He was brought up as a Polish Catholic. He had an extremely rare congenital disorder known as phocomelia, which caused his "seal arms".

Career Sealo started off his career as a newspaper seller, then was discovered by freak scouters. and was exaggerated as a human with a seal body on some promotional sideshow posters. Sealo was still able to carry out feats like sawing a crate in half and shaving with a straight razor on his own, His partner on-stage was Toby, a chimpanzee. After performing, he preferred resting at hotels to sleeping at the fairground. He also toured around the world and performed at many other freak shows. and died in 1980. He is mentioned in Tom Waits' song Lucky Day (Overture) from his album The Black Rider, about sideshow performers.