"Bam Bam", a 16-month-old sea lion rescued a year ago from the city's sea shore, swims at the Parque de las Leyendas Zoo in Lima March 30, 2012. He was brought to the zoo near death, made a full recovery and was symbolically baptized under the launch of the campaign "Adopt an Animal" organized by the Zoo, to sensitize the community about the care of vulnerable and endangered species.

A nine-month old sea lion named 'Luciano', left, and a two-year one named 'Ralph', play at the headquarters of Peru's Organization for Research and Conservation of Aquatic Animals, ORCA, in San Bartolo, Peru, Friday, Nov. 18, 2011. Both sea lions, that were rehabilitated by ORCA after arriving at two different beaches on the Peruvian coast, will be released back to the ocean Saturday.

An eight-year-old sea lion "Leo" writes the word "Rabbit" in Chinese characters as part of a New Year's attraction at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium in Yokohama in Kanagawa prefecture, suburban Tokyo on Jan. 3. February 2011 will mark the start of the Year of the Rabbit according to the lunar calender a 12-year cycle followed by China and other parts of Asia.

A sea lion "smiles" during a show at Kamogawa Sea Wolrd in Kamogawa, east of Tokyo, Japan, Sunday, Oct. 17.