What's the origin of the phrase "posing for animal crackers"?

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What's the origin of the phrase "posing for animal crackers"?

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Here are two people doing just that; it doesn't explain the phrase's origin however.

http://www.bugbitten.com/photos/Asia/chinabobnsue/Chinese_New_Year_in_Abu_Dhabi/8605-2761-241429.html

Jan 11 2010, 11:09 PM

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I'm guessing the origin is about the same as that of the phrase "working for peanuts", as in putting in the work for the minimum amount of benefit. (The other term is wonderfully parodied in the movie "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" where an animated elephant is shown doing exactly what the phrase implies.)

What's the origin of the phrase "posing for animal crackers"?

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