"Maggie the sea lion paints for fish"

Faugh.

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."

So, how brilliant and artistic is this sea lion?

It took three months to get the animal to hold a paint brush and touch the bristles to paper.

This is astounding drivel that only proves animals can be trained and humans can be duped.