Lucy was found beach stranded on the northwest coast of the United States in 1980 when she was only a few months old. Most likely she had become separated from her mother or had been abandoned. She was taken to the Marine Animal Resource of Seattle, Washington to be rehabilitated. There she first met Sandy, another Pacific harbor seal who had been found beach stranded as a pup the same year as Lucy. Lucy and Sandy were sent together to the Aquarium of Niagara. They arrived on October 14, 1980 and were placed in the outdoor pool where they have lived ever since. Lucy has pupped three times at the Aquarium of Niagara with each pup having been fathered by a resident male harbor seal named Desi. In February od 1985 Lucy pupped. Unfortunately the pup only lived for 30 minutes. She pupped again on April 29, 1986 but the pup, a male named Pepper, died after several months. Then on March 29, 1987 Lucy gave birth to a male pup, the first harbor seal pup to be born (and survive) at the aquarium, who was also named Pepper. As seals and sea lions have very high death rates with their offspring this was a great breakthrough. Pepper was later sent to Sea World of Ohio in exchange for another male harbor seal named Blue.Lucy is a Pacific harbor seal. She has a light brown coat with dark spots. She also has large black eyes. Her left eye has a small white sliver running vertically down the eye - a developing cataract. Currently 21 years old, Lucy is the exception to the rule that harbor seals develop cataracts before the age of eight. Lucy is a miscievous and comical seal who hates to get her nails trimmed. She has a history of eating plastic bags when she can find them in the pool. She also thoroughly enjoys chasing the skimmer net when the pool is being cleaned. She will stalk it from underwater and leap half out to bite it. Once you hold the net still she lets it go - she is only interested in chasing it. If she sees the skimmer leaning against the rocks on the beach area, she will often climb out of the pool and scoot over to nose the net.