LAST NIGHT, CNN reported that Cecil the Lion’s brother, Jericho, had also been killed.
This morning, a Zimbabwean conservation group confirmed that Jericho was alive and well. (It was also later confirmed that Jericho is not Cecil’s brother.)
Rumours of Jericho’s death caused a commotion on Twitter, but arguably not as big a commotion as this throwaway line from a report about Jericho’s alleged demise.
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“…who is also a lion…”
Oh really?
The seemingly unnecessary clarification was taken from a Gawker article published last night and subsequently shared thousands of times on Twitter.
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It even trended in Dublin at one point.
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People just couldn’t wrap their heads around it.
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Given that it’s taken from Gawker, we can probably assume that the clarification was included as a sarcastic aside.
But it seems that many people mistakenly presumed the line was an example of stupidity from CNN and didn’t realise it was a joke – hence why it was shared so widely.
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As for the author of the immortal line? He hates you all.
