Headbutting Giraffe

Have you ever wanted a pet giraffe? I think it would be awfully cool. Giraffes are some of earths most amazing creatures. They can stand up to 19 feet tall, with a long neck, legs, and tongue, and spots like a jaguar. When we learn our animals as children, they are one of the first, because they are so unique. At zoos, they are one of the most popular attractions. They will even let you pet them, and feed them. Sometimes wild animals get a little too friendly when they are in captivity their whole life. They are like a dog who likes to play around with you, but accidentally gets too aggressive.
A zoo keeper from Rhode Island was cleaning up in the giraffe cage, when she was head butted my an 18 foot giraffe. She ended up able to walk herself out of the cage, but had to go to the hospital to get things checked out. She was lucky and got released from the hospital with just minor head injuries. The Media picked up on this incident like the giraffe was on the attack and trying to hurt the female worker, but was that really the case? It turns out that the giraffe was actually just trying to play with the worker. This particular giraffe is one that is used to being fed by guests and workers, and also loves having its head petted. The giraffe simply just had an uncoordinated moment, but like two human beings both bending down to pick up a piece of garbage, and banging heads. When I heard that the woman was released with minor head injuries, I asked myself if this is truly even news worthy? Nothing good will happen by this being reported. The zoo, in fact, will probably lose money because of this publicity, and that friendly giraffe might not ever get to be petted again, because of the fear of it accidentally head butting a future customer. I honestly don't think that this story would be national news if it wasn't for the killer whale incident that went on a few weeks ago. The media is really digging hard just to find a similar story, and I guess I am actually helping their cause by talking about it on the internet. Even by me bashing them in this case, I am still creating another source for people to hear this news, and making them more profitable. Sometimes I think the media is too desperate, but can still turn nothing into something big.

Oh No She Didn't!

This past week there were some problems in women's NCAA basketball. The Baylor Lady Bears were playing the Texas Tech Red Raiders, and two post players were fighting for position. The one on offense was Brittney Griner for the Baylor Lady Bears, and the one on defense was Jordan Barncastle. Jordan's arm got wrapped around Brittney's, and instead of sliding it out, Jordan tried to flip her. The problem with this is that Brittney is not your average player. Brittney is known for her dunks on YouTube, and 25 blocks in a single game in high school. Oh ya, and I forgot to mention she is an athletic 6'8"! Lets just say that the flipping didn't go over too well, especially when all 6'8" of her punched Jordan right in the face in retaliation. Jordan's nose swelled up and bled a little, while Brittney was ejected from the game. The clip of this punch was all over the news. I watched ESPN that night and saw it on the high lites several times. Jordan ended up with a broken nose, and could be out for the rest of the season, and Brittney ended up with a 2 game suspension. If you ask me, a two game suspension is nothing. There have been many other incidents like this in men's sports, like the Oregon football incident. In this case, a player punched another and he was suspended for the whole season. The media was all over that incident also, saying that the suspension of a year was too much. Personally I feel that 4 games should have been her minimum suspension. I think 2 games was way to short, and a year is far too long, especially since Jordan started the whole problem by trying to flip her, due to frustration. One thing I noticed with this, is that men's sports are in the media far more than women's. This is sad, because woman have just as exciting games at times as the men. Sure the men have physical advantages that make their sports more exciting, but the scores come down to the last minute just as often as men. Overall, I think the media handled this incident very well, but I feel that they should cover more women's sports.