It’s a little cold, but California sea lion Porter will still come out for a fishy treat.

Porter used to swim in the wild until he became a bit of a nuisance.

“Porter was actually found inside of somebody’s house. He was led there by the little kids that lived in the home,” said Utica Zoo lead keeper Krystin Deban.

So the Utica Zoo took him in, and he joined Munchkin, a female California sea lion who also came from the wild, with an eye injury. The two connected and are one of the zoo’s couples.

“They both, for two different reasons, didn’t really work out in the wild so they ended up here together and they’ve been pretty successful," Deban said. "They’ve had a few offspring throughout the years, and they cohabitate pretty well here together."

There’s more love at the zoo. Visitor Experience and Marketing Manager Mark Simon takes us to the Bactrian Camels — Furlow and Najla. The two could breed, but Najla is getting older.

“She doesn’t really seem to be too interested in Furlow,” said Simon.

Simon said it is their breeding season, so you might hear Furlow grinding his teeth.

“You’ll hear a squeaky sound. It sounds like a bird but it’s actually him grinding his teeth. If you look on the back of his head he’s got this dark, almost oily spot. There’s a gland on the back of his head that releases the chemicals in your body that make you want to breed,” he said.

It’s a different story for the red pandas. They’re not feeling the love right now because they’re separated to keep them from breeding.

“A lot of different things go into the process of deciding when zoo animals can breed or if a zoo is able to breed their animals, like for example, exhibit size. Right now we are working on getting a much larger and more diverse Red Panda exhibit specifically for that purpose,” said Simon.