i can't believe this happened to me today 💕

i need to make more seal art immediately

also @nyaquarium what is this seal's name PLEASE

We got her name! This is Murphy, she's 3 years old. Someone who works at the aquarium said she's playful but can be a little timid sometimes, so they said it was amazing to see her playing with a guest like this 🥺🥺🥺Her parents, Coral and Pickles, are also at the aquarium!

Core memory created

This is adorable! Making a connection with an animal is magical! ❤️

Seals are sea doggos, so adorable!

God, I love seals. They’re so goofy and cute and they seem to really love attention.

i swam with sea lions one time in mexico on an ecology mission trip and they are literally little water puppies!!! you dive down they dive with you. you do a flip they do one too. they’d come up and playfully bite our flippers or butts (protected by wetsuit thankfully) it was the coolest thing i’ve ever done in my life

Oh you GET me! I went to the Smithsonian zoo last summer and immediately became obsessed with seals and sea lions 🥲🩵🦭