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{{Quote|Have any of you seen [[Niko|the guy]] who built [[Toba Aquarium|that aquarium]] recently?}}
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{{Quote|{{Tooltip|世界一深い湖として有名なバイカル湖にだけ住んでいる唯一の淡水産ア ザラシで、成体でも 1.2mほどにしかなりません。ズングリとした体 と、真ん丸で大きな目が特徴で、 当館では餌にアジを与えています。|It is the only freshwater seal and lives only in Lake Baikal, which is famous as the world's deepest lake. They are characterized by their plump bodies and large, perfectly round eyes.}}|[[Toba Aquarium]], Japan}}
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[[File:Baikal seal 2.jpg|thumb|This is a nerpa on a ''good'' day, mind you.]]
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[[File:Baikal seal 200507 hakone japan cropped.jpg|thumb|This is a nerpa on a ''good'' day, mind you.]]
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The '''nerpa''' ''(Pusa siberica)'', or '''Baikal seal''', is a rotten [[pinniped]] found only in [[Lake Baikal]], though rogue satellite populations exist in thresholds such as [[Toba Aquarium]]. It is the only purely freshwater species of [[seal]] in the world (other freshwater seal populations exist, but they are subspecies or only partly freshwater).
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The '''nerpa''' ''(Pusa sibirica)'', '''нерпа''' in [[Cyrillic]], '''νερπα''' in the Greek [[alphabet]], or '''Baikal seal''', is a rotten [[pinniped]] found only in [[Lake Baikal]], though rogue satellite populations exist in thresholds such as [[Toba Aquarium]]. It is the smallest and only purely freshwater species of [[seal]] in the world (other freshwater seal populations exist, but they are either subspecies or only partly freshwater).
[[File:Nikosad.png|thumb|Poor guy.]]
[[File:Nikosad.png|thumb|Poor guy.]]
[[File:Babygroggy.png|thumb|just woke up...]]
[[File:Babygroggy.png|thumb|just woke up...]]
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[[File:Elderstatesman.png|thumb|Niko older than 2 years. Getting on in years...]]
Nerpas are considered one of the [[Ugly|ugliest]] damn things ever. Their bulging [[Eye|eyes]], their wrinkled faces, their stink of [[gasoline]]. They just sit around doing nothing except taking up space. For these reasons, many are looking forward to the [[total seal extinction]] event.
Nerpas are considered one of the [[Ugly|ugliest]] damn things ever. Their bulging [[Eye|eyes]], their wrinkled faces, their stink of [[gasoline]]. They just sit around doing nothing except taking up space. For these reasons, many are looking forward to the [[total seal extinction]] event.
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== Trivia ==
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* Nerpa comes from the Russian ''нерпа'' (''nerpa''), which comes from the Finnish ''norppa'', somehow meaning [[ringed seal]].
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