Baby seal finds its way to Iwate

A baby fur seal somehow lost its way and ended up in Iwate prefecture, where it has been given the name “Taro” and is getting a lot of attention from the media:

Taro didn’t seem to be very healthy, so residents had to call in the experts from the Matsushima Aquarium. Taro is now living at the aquarium, where he is eating and regaining strength so he can one day be released into the wild.

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10 comments - What do you think? Posted by James - January 22, 2010 at 5:47 am

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Level3

Taro will probably be given honorary Japanese citzenship and a key to the city by the mayor WITHOUT ever having to fill out any forms and jump through hoops at the Immigration Department. >;)

Vonskippy

Will that be before or after the seal is “researched” to hold up tradition and to send the meat to the poor poor school children.

kay

that seal is probably way too imprinted on humans now….. it’ll be one of those seals stealing fish out of the nets.
MC Okii Dokii

Good thing he showed up in Iwate!! if he showed up in Canada it would be a whole different story!
James

Cute little bugger.
hunnhun

今日も日本は平和だね
Clubber Lang

Obviously, that little runt is fleeing from Canadians.

shavedwater

okay… please don’t blame the Canadians… it’s winter…

shavedwater

I’m ashamed to admit that I had seal meat before.

When I visited Barrow, Alaska about ten years ago,
I enjoyed a fresh seal dinner. The seal was partly
eaten raw, and the rest cooked in a stew. I’d have
to say it was pretty tasty… No, it didn’t taste
like chicken… more like a cross between deer meat
and pork… (basically gamey and greasy at the
same time)

shavedwater

ooopss… I meant to say twenty years ago.
I had the seal meat in 1991 or 1990….

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