What is gaining popularity as a seal that is too round is the 10-year old female sexually-isolated seal "Yuki" bred at the aquarium "Osaka Aquarium" in Osaka Minato Ward.

Looking at the figure with its neck retracted from the front, it looks as if the face is attached to a round ball, and it is reputed as "cute" from visitors.

Seals in this season have a strong appetite for winter, among which Yuki eats 2.8 kilograms of fish such as horse mackerel every day, it gets fat, weight gains 50.6 kilos, it gains 10 kilograms from last year It is.

The pictures of Yuki were also posted on SNS, and comments such as "I thought it was a thunder" or "too much" were sent one after another, which has become a hot topic.

According to the Osaka Aquarium, a huge seal that lives in the vicinity of the Arctic Circle is easy to see because of its small head and a lot of fat, and the gesture that draws her head seems to protect the spirit and to overcome the cold That is to be done.

Ms. Megumi Ishikawa of the Osaka Aquarium said, "Yuki is so gluttonous that she wants to eat other seals' baits, it gradually becomes round and seems like a rice cake. I also want you to come and meet many people. "