‘A ribbon dancer’: baby sea lion performs acrobats with kelp in Washington state

‘It look so artistic under the water,’ staff says of Pepper who has become the aquarium’s most acrobatic sea lionA baby sea lion toting an artificial kelp strip was filmed performing intricate rhythmic gymnastics-esque circles through the waters of an aquarium in Washington state.Although only nine months old and still reliant on her mother’s milk, Pepper has become the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium’s most acrobatic sea lion, said Noelle Tremonti, a staff biologist for the aquarium. Continue reading...

‘A ribbon dancer’: baby sea lion performs acrobats with kelp in Washington state

‘It look so artistic under the water,’ staff says of Pepper who has become the aquarium’s most acrobatic sea lion

A baby sea lion toting an artificial kelp strip was filmed performing intricate rhythmic gymnastics-esque circles through the waters of an aquarium in Washington state.

Although only nine months old and still reliant on her mother’s milk, Pepper has become the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium’s most acrobatic sea lion, said Noelle Tremonti, a staff biologist for the aquarium. Continue reading...