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The Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium welcomed a new member into its marine family last month: a California sea lion pup. Already, Pepper is a spicy and playful pup, said Jen DeGroot, curator of marine mammals and birds at the zoo.
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Giant rats sound like something to be scared of, perhaps. But the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington, thinks quite the opposite about the African giant pouched rats it just put on display. The rodents are billed as "hero rats."