The Aquarium of the Pacific on Wednesday proudly announced the arrival of a bouncing baby boy--a harbor seal pup that becomes the first male seal born at the Long Beach facility.
Not surprisingly, the adorable little pinniped looks a lot like his parents, Shelby and Troy.
The new pup entered the world on May 1 weighing about 30 pounds. He'll be placed on display at the Seal & Sea Lion Habitat exhibit in mid- to late summer.
Meanwhile, AOP is asking for the public's help in naming the baby seal through its Adopt an Animal program, which allows individual or groups to adopt animals at a minimum cost of $25.
Those who enter the program before June 30 will be allowed to suggest names, and the aquarium staff will decide which of those names will belong to the seal pup.
Shelby has been at the aquarium since 1998. Troy, which had been the facility's only male harbor seal, has been there since 2007.
This is Shelby's second pup. The first, a female named Bixby, was born in April 2012.
--Photos showing the Aquarium of the Pacific's new harbor seal pup, alone and with mom, were taken by Robin Riggs
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