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	<title>Comments on: 6 Professional Painters from the Animal Kingdom</title>
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		<title>By: wincal308</title>
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		<dc:creator>wincal308</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ok, maybe a pet peeve of mine, but Koopa is a tortoise... not a turtle. Turtles have flippers, tortoises have feet. Turtles prefer water, tortoises sink.

I know... I know... common usage for any shelled reptile is &quot;turtle&quot; but it still rubs me raw!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ok, maybe a pet peeve of mine, but Koopa is a tortoise&#8230; not a turtle. Turtles have flippers, tortoises have feet. Turtles prefer water, tortoises sink.</p>
<p>I know&#8230; I know&#8230; common usage for any shelled reptile is &#8220;turtle&#8221; but it still rubs me raw!</p>
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		<title>By: CK</title>
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		<dc:creator>CK</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I gotta agree with toddes on this one, except for the elephant paintings, that&#039;s just amazing!

As for the others, anyone, human or otherwise, can make a bunch of lines and splotches on a piece of paper. Although it is impressive that they can be trained to hold the paintbrush. 

I would buy the chimp one because at least it&#039;s for charity! I would never in a million years buy a Jackson Pollock painting (despite the fact that I can&#039;t afford one).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I gotta agree with toddes on this one, except for the elephant paintings, that&#8217;s just amazing!</p>
<p>As for the others, anyone, human or otherwise, can make a bunch of lines and splotches on a piece of paper. Although it is impressive that they can be trained to hold the paintbrush. </p>
<p>I would buy the chimp one because at least it&#8217;s for charity! I would never in a million years buy a Jackson Pollock painting (despite the fact that I can&#8217;t afford one).</p>
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		<title>By: toddes</title>
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		<dc:creator>toddes</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Painting? Yes. Art? No.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Painting? Yes. Art? No.</p>
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		<title>By: Timothy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Timothy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What?! Not going to mention cats that paint. They even got a book, &quot;Why Cats Paint&quot;. It is pretty funny. One cat, Tiger, even has a song written about him by Imperial Drag!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What?! Not going to mention cats that paint. They even got a book, &#8220;Why Cats Paint&#8221;. It is pretty funny. One cat, Tiger, even has a song written about him by Imperial Drag!</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth</title>
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		<dc:creator>Elizabeth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I actually have a Cheeta painting.  It&#039;s quite colorful. He uses a non-toxic paint.  Ungawa!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I actually have a Cheeta painting.  It&#8217;s quite colorful. He uses a non-toxic paint.  Ungawa!</p>
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		<title>By: JHendo</title>
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		<dc:creator>JHendo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sweet! I just found Christmas presents for next year! I love animals and these paintings are at least as good as Jackson Pollock&#039;s.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sweet! I just found Christmas presents for next year! I love animals and these paintings are at least as good as Jackson Pollock&#8217;s.</p>
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		<title>By: Miss Cellania</title>
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		<dc:creator>Miss Cellania</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Duke, the turtle Koopa is quite old, so health problems are inevitable. Stewie was not old, but he didn&#039;t paint a lot, either. 

I wouldn&#039;t think any of these animals used paints that produced fumes.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Duke, the turtle Koopa is quite old, so health problems are inevitable. Stewie was not old, but he didn&#8217;t paint a lot, either. </p>
<p>I wouldn&#8217;t think any of these animals used paints that produced fumes.</p>
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		<title>By: DUKE</title>
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		<dc:creator>DUKE</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I notice that some of these animals developed health problems. Could this be from inhaling the paint fumes?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I notice that some of these animals developed health problems. Could this be from inhaling the paint fumes?</p>
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		<title>By: Kelly J</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kelly J</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think this is so cute! I don&#039;t have the money or I&#039;d buy a piece of one of their works, since it&#039;s a great conversation piece and supports good things.

Oh, and that turtle&#039;s face might be the cutest thing I&#039;ve EVER seen!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think this is so cute! I don&#8217;t have the money or I&#8217;d buy a piece of one of their works, since it&#8217;s a great conversation piece and supports good things.</p>
<p>Oh, and that turtle&#8217;s face might be the cutest thing I&#8217;ve EVER seen!</p>
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