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Guthrie
The Sea Lion
Guthrie is one of the performing Sea Lions at the New England
Aquarium. I think he is the oldest Sea Lion they have. He does tons of neat
tricks, and even smiles kind of like a human. He's really big and very friendly
and cooperative when being bribed with fish. The following are some photos
I took of Guthrie in his quarters on the Discovery, the ship moored next
to the Aquarium where Sea Lion shows are held.
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Guthrie's trainer helped me get all of these shots. She got him to do several
tricks he has been taught for me. Among them was jumping up and holding
himself on a step like you see to the left. He is also doing his little
smile behavior, but it's hard to see because of the angle of his head. |
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This is a normal photo of Guthrie, closeup. |
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This is a better photo of Guthrie's smile. The trainer had him do this for
me a few times, and he learns fast. The next time I came onboard with my
camera to photograph some other sea lions, Guthrie followed me back and
forth, doing his smile behavior, wherever I went near the outside of his
pen. I am convinced he remembered and recognized me from the last time I
was there, several weeks before, and still associated doing his smile for
me and my camera with getting a fish treat. |
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