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This Sept. 5, 2012 photo shows a worker at the Toba Aquarium in Toba, Japan, with a walrus during a show. After the show audience members are allowed to pet and have a picture taken with the animal. (AP Photo/Linda Lombardi)
This Sept. 5, 2012 photo shows Serena, a dugong at the Toba Aquarium in Toba, Japan. Dugongs, a sea mammal related to the manatee, are rare in captivity. The aquarium gift shop sells stuffed dugongs and dugong cookies. (AP Photo/Linda Lombardi)
TOKYO — Americans may seem obsessed with animals, with daycare for dogs and TV therapists for cats, not to mention the hours we spend looking at photos of cute critters on the Internet. But it’s generally the conventionally adorable ones that get our attention. On …