Further adventures of Knut the Cute
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baleanopteraYou all know how some rather extreme environmentalists wanted to kill the über-cute Knut in the Berlin zoo? Well, apparently the show is not over for the polar bear, because now Knut is blamed for a conspiracy to murder! I quote:
Yan Yan, the zoo's most popular resident until Knut's arrival, died suddenly at the age of 22.
A gift from the Chinese leadership to Helmut Kohl, the former German chancellor, Yan Yan spent much of her time lying on her back chomping at bamboo shoots and was, by all accounts, a happy panda. Heinrich Kloes, the zoo's chief bear curator, said there had been no signs of illness.
But something changed on Monday, days after Knut's introduction to tumultuous crowds, and Yan Yan lay down and died. The cause of death has yet to be determined, but already fingers are being pointed at three-month-old Knut.
The theory is that the stress of Knut, or more precisely Knut's fans proved fatal to the poor panda.
The full story is here. But poor Knut! And poor Yan Yan too.
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Yan Yan, the zoo's most popular resident until Knut's arrival, died suddenly at the age of 22.
A gift from the Chinese leadership to Helmut Kohl, the former German chancellor, Yan Yan spent much of her time lying on her back chomping at bamboo shoots and was, by all accounts, a happy panda. Heinrich Kloes, the zoo's chief bear curator, said there had been no signs of illness.
But something changed on Monday, days after Knut's introduction to tumultuous crowds, and Yan Yan lay down and died. The cause of death has yet to be determined, but already fingers are being pointed at three-month-old Knut.
The theory is that the stress of Knut, or more precisely Knut's fans proved fatal to the poor panda.
The full story is here. But poor Knut! And poor Yan Yan too.
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Date: 2007-04-02 03:11 pm (UTC)2.It's a tie between FNL and Band of Brothers.
3. You can say "I work with worms!" and not have it being an metaphor.
4. You taking the patience to explain a confused European what a QB was and does, as well as other fine points in American football.
5. Richard Winters, though Coach Taylor is coming a good second.
6. Starks or Lannisters?
7. Now I have the same one, but I do love "Coach yelling". Also "Saracen thinking" is very good. And my if that doesn't half way summarise the show. *g*
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Date: 2007-04-02 05:37 pm (UTC)Um, I've never really thought about it like that before! I mean, I know they're against one another and all that, but I love people from both sides so. I think I'll go with the Starks, though, because Ned is a favorite, as well as Jon and Bran vs. Jaime and Tyrion on the Lannister side. Plus, all the other Lannisters are horrible. Tywin, Cersei, and Joffery are all... terrifying, to say the least (though in different ways: Tywin was terrifying because he was a very competent, yet ruthlessly ambitions person; Cersei and Joffery and horribly incompetent. Now, Ned didn't always come across as the most horribly competent person, either, though I don't think it was totally from his lack of ruthlesses but his desire to simply see those who are innocent escape punishment.).
I guess "Coach yelling; Saracen thinking" really does sum up most of the show. Hee!
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Date: 2007-04-02 06:36 pm (UTC)*grin* That's okay - it was more of a tongue-in-cheek type of question at any rate. I lean more to the Stark side as well, and like most of the Lannisters in spite of themselves. (if that makes sense?) I do love Jaime though, but I've come to like Tyrion less and less. I can understand that he is bitter, but the kinslaying really scared me.
As for Ned - I feel his fault was that he lived largely according to ideals. The interesting thing is that for Jon, even if he is like Ned in many ways,does somewhat the opposite. He lives according to harsh reality, and ideals are something that are shed from him.