Wednesday, February 8, 2006

Are you CNN or the National Enquirer?

Everday, I logon to CNN.com for my news fix.  Every once in a while, CNN will post a "silly" story.  I guess it's an attempt to post some light news. After all, most of the news we're bombared with everyday is grim.  However, this story....this story is more tabloid than real journalism.   Something about "mouth-to-beak resuscitation" doesn't quite say real news to me......

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Kiss of life makes Boo Boo the chicken better

ARKADELPHIA, Arkansas (AP) -- This chicken had lips, just not her own.

A retired nurse saved her brother's chicken, Boo Boo, by administering mouth-to-beak resuscitation last week after the fowl was found floating face down in the family's pond.

Marian Morris said she hadn't had any practice with CPR in years, but she was interested to see if she "still had it."

"I breathed into its beak, and its dadgum eyes popped open," Morris said. "I breathed into its beak again, and its eyes popped open again. I said, 'I think this chicken's alive now. Keep it warm."'

She said she did not know how to find a pulse on a chicken.

Boo Boo's owners, Jackie and Becky Calhoun, put her in a large cardboard box containing a grain feeder and water. They also placed a heater nearby.

The chicken is called Boo Boo because she is easily frightened. The Calhouns thought Boo Boo was startled and flopped into the pond.

 

 

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/02/08/chicken.ap/index.html

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