From the latest edition of Harper’s Weekly Report:<\/p>\n
A man from Mexico City was killed when a crocodile attacked him at a beach near a luxury resort in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and dragged him out to sea; and a man from North Fort Myers, Florida, survived an alligator attack after jabbing the reptile in the eye with his fishing pole.<\/em><\/p>\n Wait, so the croc grabbed him off the beach? Oh my, this might cause travel reviewers to remove a couple of the deluxe resort’s stars. Or maybe this could be offered as a perk, like, automatic entry into an episode of “Survivor.”<\/p>\n And the alligator story doesn’t make clear whether the alligator grabbed the guy because the guy stuck his pole into the gator’s eye — that’d make the gator mad, I’d think, or the other way around: the guy escaped the alligator attack by sticking his pole into the alligator’s eye. (Am I spending too much time on this?)<\/p>\n [A]n animal-rights collective completed its twenty-third week of anti\u2013foie gras protests outside of a restaurant in Chicago. \u201cI want to be very clear here,\u201d said one of the protest\u2019s organizers, whose chants of \u201cYou\u2019ve got blood on your hands!\u201d have been confused for pro-Palestine slogans, \u201cthis has nothing to do with the Israeli-Palestine conflict. This has to do with foie gras.”<\/em><\/p>\n No, Organizer. Everything<\/em> has to do with the Israeli-Palestine conflict.<\/p>\n [I]n Oban, Scotland, a man was arrested after assaulting someone with a seagull.<\/em><\/p>\n Was the seagull a willing accomplice or a hostage?<\/p>\n Scientists unveiled an underwater diving suit designed for cyborg cockroaches; a swarm of millions of Mormon crickets descended across the state of Idaho.<\/em><\/p>\n Are these insect events related? More relevant: what is<\/em> a cyborg cockroach and why does it need an underwater diving suit?* Does the cricket swarm mean the price of potatoes is about to go through the roof?<\/p>\n [A] British Premier League soccer team donated more than 40 pairs of game-worn socks to a group of horses and donkeys who would wear them as protection from the bites of flies.<\/em><\/p>\n Have you ever watched flies biting horses? The feet are not the target. Oh, maybe the socks will be pulled over the horses’s and donkeys’ ears.<\/p>\n In Tasmania, local officials urged the public to respect the privacy of an over-one-ton elephant seal named Neil that is known for a history of property damage. \u201cNeil\u2019s fame is a bit of a double-edged sword,\u201d said a spokesperson for Tasmania\u2019s Department of Natural Resources and Environment. \u201cThere is a risk here of essentially loving him to death.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n *I addressed my cockroach question to Perplexity. The answer is so weird I won’t repeat it, lest you come to believe I’m a lunatic. However, given the answer, let me throw out another question: what is the purpose of creating cyborg cockroaches and sending them underwater in tiny diving suits? That one, I’m not asking Perplexity; I’m asking you<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From the latest edition of Harper’s Weekly Report: A man from Mexico City was killed when a crocodile attacked him at a beach near a luxury resort in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and dragged him out to sea; and a man … Continue reading