Houston Zoo Sea Lions Pick NCAA Tournament Winners!

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You’ve heard of weather-predicting groundhogs and maybe even a psychic octopus, but none can compare to our infallible sea lions!

In honor of the Final Four NCAA basketball tournament that will take place in Houston this year, we’re celebrating March Madness Houston Zoo style with the help of Cali and Kamia, two of our sea lions living here at the Zoo. They have considered all the stats and made their picks for the 2011 Tournament.

Track their success right here as March Madness continues. You can see their Sweet Sixteen picks below.

Check out this video of them making selections for the winners of the Sweet Sixteen!

And don’t forget that you can support our sea lions and any of your other favorite Zoo animals at http://www.houstonzoo.org/adopt/.

The sea lion picks are in bold:

Kentucky vs. Ohio State
Marquette vs. North Carolina
Duke vs. Arizona
UCONN vs. San Diego State
Kansas vs. Richmond
VCU vs. Florida State
Butler vs. Wisconsin
BYU vs. Florida

Visit http://www.ncaa.com/brackets/basketball-men/d1/2011 to keep up with the latest game results. Keep checking back for their Final Four selections!

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