September 3, 2007
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Mike the Tiger!
LSU is one of the few schools left with a live big cat mascot, Mike the Tiger. Mike's been around since 1936, and has all kinds of traditions associated with him. (Some seem a bit silly to me, but who am I to talk? A&M has a scoreboard for the dead Reveilles, for crying out loud!) Back in May, Mike V passed away at the age of 17. Despite calls from PETA to stop having a live mascot, the university decided to search for Mike VI, with pretty good reasoning. With much fanfare, he arrived on campus just over a week ago and was kept under quarantine to see how he would adjust. Luckily, he did well, and as of yesterday he gets to come out into the public part of his (ridiculously luxurious) habitat during the day. Today, when Meag and I were driving around BR, we decided to stop by and see him. We weren't the only ones:
Here he is, exploring his new home, and investigating all the crazy people gawking at him:
And here you can see him peeking out of his swimming hole:
He's beautiful, and huuuuge, and only gonna get bigger. These will probably not be the last of the Mike pics.
PS - I promise I still knit. Pictures to come soon!
Comments (2)
I have some former students who would want to go to LSU just because of Mike (if they knew about him, or LSU) Pretty cool, I have to admit. And much prettier than a longhorn (don't tell Bevo I said so!)
Hey Ashley - thanks for checking out our blog! I just love these pictures. My 6 year old was sitting with me when I linked here and he wanted me to tell you this:
"Are these people crazy? Don't they know he's a predator, and they are his prey?"
You know, six year olds are like that.
Dayna
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