Sergio's Painting Update

Saturday, September 20, 2008

Penguin painter
Updated: 09/16/2008 07:08 PM
By: Web Staff

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- In the world of art, one piece was sold during an online auction and a penguin was the artist.

One-year-old Sergio resides at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo. His paint of choice is non-toxic and washable! His keeper, Deb Tobin, says it wasn't too difficult getting the Humboldt penguin on the canvas.

"With Sergio, his temperament, he was kind of used to being around us. We do reinforce for stepping through the paint. So any kind of food reinforcement for Sergio, he does like to be around us and he does like to be scratched sometimes, so that also is a good reinforcement for him, so he's kind of used to it now," Tobin said.
Penguin painter
In the world of art, one piece was sold during an online auction and a penguin was the artist.


Sergio's painting sold online for $350.

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