On Thursday, the trainers provided pumpkins for the seals and sea lions to explore as a festive means of enrichment. Exploring new textures and shapes and smells is a fun activity that keeps these marine mammals healthy and happy.
This is how the Leu the fur seal and Zoe the sea lion celebrated Halloween!
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| Leu, a rescued Northern fur seal |
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| Leu dove right into the activity, snarfing small fish and squid from the jack-o-lantern |
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| Leu even stuffed his whole head into the pumpkin, and then tried to dribble the gourd into the water! |
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| Zoe, California sea lion |
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| Zoe did not enjoy playing with the pumpkins as much, until... |
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| ... the pumpkin splashed into the water. Then there were some curious pumpkin bobbers! |
More fun with the marine mammals:
- Bobbing for pumpkins was a big hit last year, too. Check it out!
- Here's how nature can provide some enrichment.
- Leu loves to lounge on this enrichment toy
- The sea lions are a frisky bunch, they love playing in the sprinkler
