Mac Norton

Claude Louis Delair (1876 – 1953) was a French vaudeville performance artist and magician known as Mac Norton.

He was called "The Human Aquarium" for his controlled regurgitation of live animals including fish, turtles and frogs as well as his ability to water spout.

In 1915 and 1916 he traveled to South America, but never visited the United States because of objections from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

[1] Harry Houdini noted in his book Miracle Mongers and Their Methods that on one occasion Delair had lost count of the animals he swallowed and feared he had digested a frog.

[5] Houdini also wrote that Delair was the only frog swallower who performed their act in a "dignified manner".

A circus poster promoting "The Aquarium Man"