September 5, 2010
Sensationalism, Anyone?
As Mikey and I wandered around the NY State Fair yesterday we came upon this booth, offering us (for $1 a piece) a view of this ferocious giant rat.
The picture paints such a disturbing portrait that one hardly notices the little sign off to the right, telling us that it is actually a "cabibara" (in Brazil it is called a Capivara).
That's right, underneath the scary picture (showing the rat devouring a cat) and inside imposing metal cage lay two capivaras. While they are indeed rodents (and the largest in the world) they are far from the ferocious beast advertised. In fact, the last group of capivaras I saw were gathered around a diminutive Japanese woman in the interior of São Paulo, eating out of her hand.
And she wasn't feeding them cats.
Talk back to the missionary: Seen any blatant examples of sensationalism lately? Tell us about them in the comments section.
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Posted by: Demetrius at September 13, 2010 10:28 PM
Pois é...se eu fosse a capivara eu processava por calúnia...
Posted by: Andrew 
at September 13, 2010 10:32 PM
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Cara qué isso, acabaram com a bixinha da capivara; nunca vi uma comendo um gato; ainda mais um pé-duro como aquele da foto ...