‘A ribbon dancer’: captive baby sea lion performs acrobatics with artificial kelp

‘It look so artistic under the water,’ staff at Washington state aquarium says of Pepper
A baby sea lion toting an artificial kelp strip was filmed performing intricate rhythmic gymnastics-style 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.
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