Training a California Sea Lion

On Saturday Abby was chosen from the crowd to help train a California sea lion at the Milwaukee County Zoo. Abby got to work with Geneva -- a 12-year-old, 170 pound female.

Abby told Geneva to wave,

to jump,

and then rewarded Geneva by tossing her a fish.

Abby did such a great job!

The fish was smelly, so the trainer told her that all good trainers get rid of the fish stink by wiping their hands on their jeans.

And as if training Geneva wasn't enough fun for a girl who continues to say she is going to be a marine biologist, Abby also got to pose at the end of the show with Slick -- a 25-year old, 650 pound male sea lion!

We teased Abby that with the Star Wars shirt, it was as if she was using Jedi mind tricks on the sea lions!