How can I NOT laugh?

Anyone remember the Valdez Oil Spill? Okay, well all these activists spent hundreds of hours cleaning oil of the animals. Now that was a nobel thing, don't get me wrong, I would have helped as well if I were there. They were going on and on about this one seal and how the death of this one seal could seriously impact the seal population. They were going overboard like they usually do. So they get the seal all cleaned up and they healthy and there's this big fanfare, TV cameras, etc, to witness the release of the seal that they had spent THOUSANDS on cleaning up and nursing to health.

So they release the seal and the seal scampers off into the waves. He's swimming out to find his seal friends and the children are cheering and the activists are crying for joy over the long life this seal will now lead

WHEN A GIANT WHALE COMES ALONG ABOUT MINUTE AFTER ITS RELEASE
AND
EATS
IT!

I bet that was THE mot expensive meal that whale had ever had! So anyway, when I read the following article I couldn't help but think about the seal and the whale and laugh at Knut's poor, innocent victims.

Polar bear Knut senselessly murders ten carp in front of zoo visitors

Knut, the once-cute celebrity polar bear turned vicious killer, is at the center of a controversy over his brutal slaughter of ten carp at the Berlin Zoo. The massive polar bear, who has lived at the zoo since birth, apparently fished the carp out of the moat surrounding him and ripped them to shreds in front of several disgusted zoo patrons.

One of Germany's top newspapers, Bild, ran the headline "Knut Embroiled in Carp Scandal," and featured an article which quoted animal rights groups who criticized zoo officials for placing live animals within Knut's reach.

It seems that Knut, the psychopathic killer that he is, eventually chowed down on the fish, but according to the BBC, "There is speculation that hand-reared Knut killed the carp just for fun." One German newspaper reported that Knut "senselessly murdered the carp" before leaving their remains.

I think Tyler Cowen says it best: "Umm... HE'S A POLAR BEAR!"