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  • Maggie the sea lion paints for fish

    09/27/2006 6:21:47 PM PDT · by martin_fierro · 7 replies · 485+ views
    AP/Yahoo ^ | Wed Sep 27, 6:02 PM ET
    Maggie the sea lion paints for fish Wed Sep 27, 6:02 PM ET PITTSBURGH - Some artists suffer for their work. Maggie, an 11-year-old sea lion at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium, gets to eat dead fish for hers. Kesha Phares, a zoo trainer, has been teaching the animal to paint since last year. "It's, in a way, enriching," Phares told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review for Wednesday's editions. "Sea lions are very smart animals, and painting keeps their minds active." It took three months to get the animal to hold a paint brush and touch the bristles to paper. Phares...