Tuesday, May 8, 2007

At the zoo

OK, here's a rule of thumb for anyone who may be, literally, on the fence in this matter: It is NEVER a good idea to climb into a cage at the zoo. Whether the animal being visited is a gorilla or leopard or -- in the most recent instance -- a giraffe.

A few Lithuanian college students found that out Monday when Solut, a nine-year-old male giraffe, broke one of the trespassers' collar bones. If you occasionally read the news, you'll see that this seems like a pretty popular activity to attempt -- generally after a long night of boozing. The next time that you are drunk and halfway up a cage at the zoo, remember my advice and get down.

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