{"id":28759,"date":"2024-03-12T09:23:31","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T00:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/?p=28759"},"modified":"2024-03-12T09:24:35","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T00:24:35","slug":"%e3%81%86%e3%81%bf%e3%81%8c%e3%81%9f%e3%82%8a-%e3%82%b4%e3%83%9e%e3%83%95%e3%82%a2%e3%82%b6%e3%83%a9%e3%82%b7%e3%80%8c%e3%83%95%e3%82%bf%e3%83%90%e3%80%8d%e3%81%8c1%e6%ad%b3%e8%aa%95%e7%94%9f%e6%97%a5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/en\/28759\/","title":{"rendered":"Gomafu seal “Futaba” celebrates its first birthday! (Joetsu City Aquatic Museum Umi-no-Tari)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Futaba,” a largha seal kept at the Aquatic Museum Umigatari in Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture, celebrated his first birthday on March 11 with an ice cake topped with his favorite fish.<\/p>\r\n

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Futaba is a female largha seal born last year at Umigatari on March 11, 2023. Today, a ceremony was held to celebrate her first birthday, and the staff presented Futaba with a cake filled with her favorite foods: giant cod, horse mackerel, and ice.<\/p>\r\n

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Futaba weighed about 11 kilograms when she was born, and now weighs up to 30 kilograms. According to Umiwatari, a largha seal becomes an adult in three to four years and weighs about 100 kilograms.<\/p>\r\n

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Futaba performed a trick of waving to the audience as he finished his cake.<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nAbout 1,400 congratulatory messages for Futaba, written by visitors, were displayed next to the pool where Futaba is kept.<\/p>\r\n

Visitor
\r\n‘It was cute. I wrote four messages.”
\r\nI’ve been coming to see her for a year. At first, he was just scurrying around. He seems to have learned some tricks, and we want to watch his growth.<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nFutaba is interested in many things. He has an innocent personality. I want you to see her expression on land and in the water, because they are different.<\/p>\r\n

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