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Guthrie the Sea Lion gave 6-year-old Morgan DePril a smooch as trainer Paul Bradley looked on.
Guthrie the Sea Lion gave 6-year-old Morgan DePril a smooch as trainer Paul Bradley looked on. (Globe Staff Photo / Dominic Chavez) Globe Staff Photo / Dominic Chavez

Joining the marines

How close do you get to the sea creatures in the special trainer-for-an afternoon program at New England Aquarium? Pucker up.

By Amy Sutherland
Globe Correspondent / February 6, 2006

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Guthrie the sea lion is so close I can feel his gusty exhalations on the back of my hand, so close I can see that one of his blond whiskers corkscrews crazily. (Full article: 1295 words)

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