Sun bears eat special rolls

Sun bears eat special rolls

KOCHI, Japan - A Malayan sun bear mother and cub eat "Ehomaki" rolls, specially cooked in hope of their growth at Noichi Zoological Park in Konan, Kochi Prefecture, on Feb. 3, 2013, in an event of "setsubun," which marks the division between winter and spring on the lunar calendar.

Conger eels at northeastern Japan aquarium

Conger eels at northeastern Japan aquarium

Photo taken at Sendai Umino-Mori Aquarium in the northeastern Japan city of Sendai on Feb. 1, 2022, shows conger eels protruding from pipes that resemble "ehomaki" sushi rolls that are eaten on the Feb. 3 Setsubun day marking the turn from winter to spring.

Conger eels at Yokohama aquarium

Conger eels at Yokohama aquarium

Conger eels poke their heads out from tubes that look like "ehomaki" sushi rolls at the aquarium of the Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise amusement complex in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Jan. 21, 2022.

Conger eels at Yokohama aquarium

Conger eels at Yokohama aquarium

Conger eels poke their heads out from tubes that look like "ehomaki" sushi rolls at the aquarium of the Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise amusement complex in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Jan. 21, 2022.

Adventure World in western Japan

Adventure World in western Japan

A park official at Adventure World in Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture gives a big "ehomaki" sushi roll -- 25 centimeters in width and 19 cm in diameter -- to an elephant at a zoo in the western Japan leisure park on Feb. 1, 2021.

Conger eels

Conger eels

Conger eels poke their heads out from tubes that look like "ehomaki" sushi rolls at Sendai Umino-Mori Aquarium in northeastern Japan on Jan. 19, 2021.

Conger eels

Conger eels

Conger eels poke their heads out from tubes that look like "ehomaki" sushi rolls at Sendai Umino-Mori Aquarium in northeastern Japan on Jan. 19, 2021.

Hippopotamus at Japanese zoo

Hippopotamus at Japanese zoo

A hippopotamus eats an "ehomaki" sushi roll at the Adventure World zoo in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 3, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Hippopotamus at Japanese zoo

Hippopotamus at Japanese zoo

A hippopotamus eats an "ehomaki" sushi roll at the Adventure World zoo in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 3, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo