The Bigger They Get

Each Wednesday MSNBC offers readers a slide show they call Animal Tracks. I love animals so I look forward to Wednesdays, but I really don’t understand why in the world they put the link to Animal Tracks in among their Health headlines.

Maybe it’s because they care deeply about their readers’ well-being and they assume looking at animal photos lowers blood pressure in the same manner petting animals has been proven to do.

If that were the case, though, you’d think they’d refrain from showing a rather gruesome photo of an Indian snake charmer being bitten on the wrist by his snake (see this week’s slide show). Photo also available here.

I know that didn’t lower my blood pressure.