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SEA-LION $MOOCH

Even the sea lions at New York Aquarium are going to a new extreme to pay the bills — kissing for money.

Visitors can pay $200 for a tour of the sea lion habitat, ending with the opportunity to kiss one of the fluffy sea mammals.

“It is educational,” said spokeswoman Fran Hackett. “Plus things are bad. We lost a lot of money in our endowment. We had a lot of layoffs.”