ST. PAUL, Minn. – The oldest sea lion at the Como Park Zoo, Sealia, or “CC” for short, died at age 31. She had been born at the zoo. Sealia, a California sea lion, starred in the zoo’s “Sparky Show” from 2002 until she retired in 2015.
CC in her later years. She was the sixth sea lion to take on the Sparky role at the zoo and the first female Sparky.