Orphan Nick has a new home.
Today the Denver Zoo unveiled Nick, a sea lion pup found orphaned last summer off the California coast.
Nick was initially handfed by staff at the Pacific Marine Mammal Center, and gradually introduced to fish.
He’s now just over a year old and weighs 117 pounds, the Denver Zoo said in a news release. That’s a lot more than the 18 pounds he weighed when he was found in June 2007 with his umbilical cord still attached, but he’s got a long way to go to reach his adult weight of 600 pounds.
Nick arrived in Denver on March 31 aboard a chartered plane and has been spending the last three months, “getting to know his new caretakers,” the zoo said.
He can be seen at Denver Zoo’s outdoor harbor seal/sea lion pool with three other sea lions, Gidget, Pam and Luci.
