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Escaped rhino drill

The best part about this video of an "escaped rhino drill" at a Japanese zoo is the fact that they had to construct that rhino costume entirely for the sole purpose of performing escaped-rhino drills. Via BB.

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Posted by: Patti Schiendelman on October 31, 2008 at 11:58 AM

My favorite part is when it gets darted and takes a minute to pass out.

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Posted by: Collin Cunningham on October 31, 2008 at 12:10 PM

The zookeepers get so into it!
I suppose they have to for it to be an effective drill

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Posted by: Spikenzie on October 31, 2008 at 12:16 PM

I wouldn't want to be the person wearing that costume when they start firing foot long darts!

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Posted by: Mark on October 31, 2008 at 10:04 PM

Real rhinos...

The thing about real rhinos is that they can run really, really fast. Like 35 mph fast. I don't think those two guys in the cardboard costume can do them justice. If you had a ton of horned, angry, nearsighted animal running at you at 35mph, you want to have more than a flimsy net and some pokey sticks.

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Posted by: sweavo on November 1, 2008 at 6:39 AM

Mark FTW

I was going to post that it's a lot easier to remember your drill when faced with a papier mache rhino with two colleagues in it than it must be with 400lb of confused beast running aroung!

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Posted by: Michael Fusion on November 1, 2008 at 8:12 PM

the music totally made this. plus the dancing rhino too! if only there was a viral video spoofing this....

all of a sudden i think that i have lost my entire weekend

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