Thursday, Feb.
19, 2009 Gravity-defying breakfast: Gizmo, a 3-day-old Nile Lechwe antelope who was ignored by her mother, gulps down her milk on what appears to be a 70-degree slope at the Budapest Zoo. What big sisters are good for: Alex Temple, 6, does the heavy lifting when Arianna, 4, needs a drink during Science Night at Elsie Rogers Elementary School in Mishawaka, Ind. The peanut butter scandal reaches a new low: Salmonella was bad enough, but now it appears some jars contain live raccoons. Fortunately, two members of the Varmint Guard (yes, there really is a Varmint Guard) safely removed the jar after a pair of residents cut the hapless critter down from a tree in Medway, Ohio. Oh, what a feeling! Toyota! A Toyota FJ-40 racing in the off-road Chile Challenge near Las Cruces, N.M., hits a pothole in a stretch known as Patzcuaro’s Revenge. Grassy ass: To those Brits who have already adopted donkeys like 4-month-old Francesca from the Donkey Sanctuary in Devon, England, we say thank you. The charity has been swamped with record numbers of unwanted and neglected donkeys, a predicament it blames on the recession, and needs to find foster homes more than ever. Bango now a soprano: The Milwaukee Bucks’ mascot Bango is feeling a little better after suffering a knee injury in a plunge off a backboard during a mascot shoot-around at the All-Star Game festivities. Bango was standing on the rim when a mascot banked a jumper off his crotch and through the hoop, nothing but net. The shot appeared to make Bango lose his balance, and he fell through the hoop in a sickening twisting of limbs, hooves and antlers.
Mind if I hop through The greens are awfully bouncy today at the Johnnie Walker Classic at The Vines in Perth, Australia.