Harpo, minus Groucho, arrives at the Aquarium of the Pacific

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The Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach is abuzz over its two new California sea lions, who this week were welcomed to its Seal & Sea Lion habitat.

Harpo and Milo, both less than two years old and born two months apart at an East Coast aquarium, arrived in Long Beach nearly a year ago, but were kept in a behind-the-scenes holding area until this week, when they were released for public viewing. That’s Harpo above.

Want to see them in person? Check the aquarium’s website for information on them or the six other pinnipeds (fin-footed mammals) there. (And, no, Harpo is not a harp seal.)

--Tony Barboza

Photo by Hugh Ryono / Courtesy of Aquarium of the Pacific