An eight-year-old sea lion “Leo” writing the word “Rabbit” in Chinese characters as part of a New Year’s attraction at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium in Yokohama in Kanagawa prefecture, suburban Tokyo yesterday. February 2011 will mark the start of the Year of the Rabbit according to the lunar calender a 12-year cycle followed by China and other parts of Asia.

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