Japan Picture Moment : Baikal Seal performs a “dip in a hot spring”
The Big Picture have an excellent series of photos from zoos from around the world. From the Hakone-en aquarium in Hakone, west of Tokyo, male Baikal Seal Billy performs “a dip in a hot spring” as he holds a sake bottle in a basin with flipper.
It took three months for six-year-old Billy to master this performance, a traditional Japanese style of soaking in a hot spring.
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1 comment | | categories : Japan
Um, why is this seal being made to do circus tricks?
Are we not passed using wild animals for our shallow entertainment?
When will the Asians gain compassion and respect for natures creatures?