Friday, June 21, 2013

Michelle Obama Walks Her Pet Rhinoceros


The Interwebs reports:

Spectators outside the White House received a rare treat this morning when they witnessed First Lady Michelle Obama on the South Lawn going for a stroll with the family’s pet rhinoceros, Chauncey. “Owning a rhino is a lot of work, but all of the Obamas—and especially Michelle—really love Chauncey,” said White House spokesperson Sam Davidson of the 3,000-pound eastern black rhinoceros the family adopted in December after Barack Obama’s reelection promise to “finally get Sasha and Malia that rhino they’ve been wanting.”


For the record, President Calvin Coolidge had a Pygmy Hippopotamus from Liberia named "Billy" (aka William Johnson Hippopotamus) given to him by Harvey Firestone.

Born in the wild in the 1920s, Billy weighed more than 600 pounds and died in 1955, 22 years after Coolidge's own death.
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3 comments:

OrcinusOcean said...

If you're going to do poor photoshopping, at least make it the right species. :P That is clearly a white rhino. (It's not april fools now, by any chance?)

Seahorse said...

Well, now we know where Michelle gets her "guns"! (Hint: It ain't at the gym!)

Seahorse

boct said...

Doesn't the White House have a trainer on hand..that leash is far too taut, the rhino is leading the walk..didn't Millan do a segment on 'psshing' a rhino?..it should be configured with a prong (of the 13.5mm kind) collar..but at least the First Lady is not utilizing a flexi-leash..they can be very dangerous when walking rhinos..black or white ones.