"For one day, at least, the roadrunner was safe"

One of the top stories at CNN’s website today (an Associated Press article) was a story about a coyote going into a cooler at Chicago Quizno’s. Apparently this coyote walked through an open front door on the busy streets of Chicago and decided to sit down in the drink cooler in a very passive way. Coyotes are not very aggressive animals with regard to humans, and are usually much more scared of people than people are of coyotes (this coyote looked terrified hiding in the drink cooler). This isn’t an uncommon occurrence since it supposedly happens “10-15 times a year” and mostly in the spring when they are more active.

Now for the question: why is this considered worthy of being a part of a national newscast? So a coyote was hiding in a drink cooler, it happens and maybe some people would get a kick out of it but besides that it is completely useless. Apparently most of the people who went to cnn.com that day wouldn’t agree with me, since it was the eighth most popular story out of all of the stories CNN had released online that day. I guess people would rather hear a story that gives them a quick laugh than a story that would keep them up to date on the important things happening all around the globe.