A little girl was leaning into a lion’s cage. Suddenly, the lion grabs her by the collar of her jacket and tries to pull her inside to slaughter her, all under the eyes of her screaming parents.
A biker jumps off his Harley, runs to the cage and hits the lion square on the nose with a powerful punch. Whimpering from the pain the lion jumps back letting go of the girl and the biker brings the girl to her terrified parents, who thank him endlessly. A reporter has watched the whole event.
The reporter addressing the Harley rider says, “Sir, this was the most gallant and bravest thing I’ve seen a man do in my whole life.”
The Harley rider replies, “Why, it was nothing, really. The lion was behind bars. I just saw this little kid in danger, and acted as I felt right.”
The reporter says, “Well, I’ll make sure this won’t go unnoticed. I’m a journalist, you know, and tomorrow’s paper will have this story on the front page. So, tell me about yourself.”
The biker replies “I’m a U.S. Marine, a Republican and I voted twice for Trump.”
The following morning the biker buys the paper to see if it indeed brings news of his actions. On the front page he reads:
** U.S. MARINE ASSAULTS AFRICAN IMMIGRANT & STEALS HIS LUNCH. **
And THAT pretty much sums up the media’s approach to the news these days.
In 2005, a girl in Ethiopia was kidnapped and later saved by three wild lions. The lions chased off her kidnappers and stayed with her until the police found her. The link to her story is shown here: https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna8305836
Snakes and lizards flick their tongues in the air to capture scent particles. In other words, they smell with their tongues.
During its lifetime, an oyster changes its sex from male to female and back several times.
The spider Calponia harrisonfordi was named for the star of “Raiders of the Lost Ark” and “Star Wars,” as a thanks to Harrison Ford who narrated a documentary for the London Museum of Natural History in 1994. The spider itself was discovered in 1993 and is very tiny, around 5 millimeters in length, and lives in California.