Fake rhino causes real chaos at Japanese zoo

Feb 10, 2012 - 16:19
Nov 28, 2015 - 16:29
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Fake rhino causes real chaos at Japanese zoo
Fake rhino attempts zoo escape

Two unlucky zoo employees spent their afteoon inside a rhino costume an -- wait a second? Wasn't this an Adam Sandler movie? Actually, it was the scene at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo, where the staff battled with an oversized paper-mache animal (a rhin-faux?) to prepare themselves in the case its real life counterpart ever escaped. \"The fake rhino was overpowered by fake tranquilizers and caught after managing to knock over one employee,\" a BBC announcer reported.

You can watch the unintentionally hilarious video on the Beeb's website, or you can just wait for the direct-to-video Hollywood adaptation, which will probably also involve Rob Schneider.

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