Sea lion's New Year calligraphy

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A male sea lion demonstrates its skill in Japanese calligraphy at Hakkeijima Sea Paradise in Yokohama on Jan. 1, 2011. The sea lion with a brush in its mouth ''wrote'' the Chinese character for rabbit, the animal for 2011 in the Chinese zodiac, during the event on New Year's Day.

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