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HOTTT TOPIXXX - DANGEROUS ANIMALS IN THE HOME
Lions, anacondas, and great white sharks - these are just some of the dangerous animals people are keeping in their homes, and you could be the next victim! The HoTTT TopiXXX panelists debate this disturbing new trend in house pets.
POSTED ON: AUGUST 11, 2009
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00:00:00:14 [Music]
00:00:04:06 [Video Playing]
00:00:37:19 Wow! Well, welcome back to Hot Topixxx,
00:00:39:06 I am Jim Dupree
00:00:40:11 and as we saw some pretty graphic footage there,
00:00:43:16 leads us into our very next topic,
00:00:45:24 dangerous animals in the home.
00:00:49:10 How do we keep our children safe from lions?
00:00:53:14 This is becoming the new norm, it has been shown that
00:00:56:02 upwards of 15% or 16% of American households
00:00:59:01 have thought about getting a lion and keeping
00:01:03:04 it in the family home,
00:01:05:05 kind of a disturbing trend.
00:01:07:25 Dominic, we will start with you.
00:01:09:25 Do you have pets?
00:01:11:11 I had fish, had goldfish.
00:01:15:07 And you killed them before they had an opportunity to kill you.
00:01:17:28 Well, it depends on your definition of kill.
00:01:21:07 One died because the tank was dirty
00:01:23:15 and I killed the other one
00:01:24:23 because I was sick of caring for it.
00:01:26:12 How did you kill it?
00:01:27:28 I wrapped it in paper towel and cut its head off.
00:01:32:18 I figured it was the most humane way to do it
00:01:34:19 because then there would be
00:01:35:21 You can make us a delicious sandwich
00:01:38:11 from its corpse and relish every bite.
00:01:40:21 I should have thought of that but no,
00:01:42:24 I was kind of revolted by the whole process.
00:01:45:16 But I mean.. aside from sort of just not caring for the tank or
00:01:51:16 to own animals anymore,
00:01:53:01 were you concerned for your own safety?
00:01:55:01 They were goldfish, so not really.
00:01:57:23 A goldfish could kill.
00:01:59:16 Yeah, but the concern really wasn't there
00:02:02:05 because I had it pretty much under control
00:02:04:24 by ignoring it completely.
00:02:06:28 Okay, Sophie.
00:02:08:08 You worried about animals killing you and your family?
00:02:11:17 I mean quite realistically,
00:02:14:07 how many months, is it months, days,
00:02:16:29 weeks, years, centuries
00:02:19:05 before your entire family is killed by animals?
00:02:21:21 I think it's mere moments.
00:02:24:03 Really, really.
00:02:24:26 It could happen any moment.
00:02:26:11 What animals do you currently have in your home?
00:02:27:21 I have a cat.
00:02:28:29 Yeah.
00:02:30:13 A lion, a sphynx.
00:02:32:15 Just a domestic cat.
00:02:34:05 So a sphinx then.
00:02:35:08 Well, she appears to be just a domestic cat,
00:02:40:01 but I think we all know
00:02:41:04 that she in fact... she knows a little too much
00:02:45:23 and I think inside of her small cat body,
00:02:50:03 there is some sort of feral cheetah or a lion or something
00:02:54:14 that is quite possibly about to rip off my face.
00:02:57:02 Is she one of the cats that can actually shoot her claws
00:03:00:07 directly into your eyes?
00:03:01:24 Yeah, yeah she is that kind.
00:03:03:09 She has a small cape.
00:03:04:23 Has she?
00:03:05:19 Yeah, well she comes close,
00:03:07:21 but I managed to create a barricade
00:03:11:17 with my washing machine, rolled it across the floor
00:03:15:04 and kept distance from her.
00:03:17:08 But she is the shooting nails cat that she...
00:03:21:19 A harrowing tale you just told us.
00:03:24:05 Yeah.
00:03:24:25 Professor Kuling,
00:03:26:03 I wonder if you knew that your neighbors
00:03:29:23 had a dangerous animal,
00:03:32:12 maybe not even having one in your own home
00:03:34:03 but just knowing that maybe next door
00:03:36:19 or upstairs in an apartment complex,
00:03:38:13 that there was a lion or in a downtown condo,
00:03:42:20 one of the larger snakes, the anacondas.
00:03:46:02 How would you feel about protecting your family?
00:03:49:12 I would be worried.
00:03:50:29 I don't entirely have a family myself,
00:03:53:00 but I would be worried for other families
00:03:54:28 and other people around.
00:03:55:28 I think it's a bit much to assume that.
00:03:57:24 I mean I am more concerned personally about my
00:03:59:26 insurance rates though.
00:04:01:12 If that's going to be happening in my apartment complex,
00:04:04:13 my rent is going to go up,
00:04:05:25 so is my insurance because
00:04:07:03 I could be eaten going into the elevator.
00:04:09:12 There could be jaws there waiting for me as I walk in.
00:04:12:16 Absolutely, unsuspecting.
00:04:13:28 Yes completely.
00:04:14:28 Now, I want to run another video clip,
00:04:16:19 I want to show you what can happen
00:04:18:13 when you keep what they call
00:04:20:27 a great white shark in your bathtub.
00:04:23:08 Do we have that footage, can we take a look at that?
00:04:28:03 So there it is right there, this is actually filmed
00:04:30:08 downtown Toronto in a condominium bathtub,
00:04:34:23 great white shark actually devouring its owner
00:04:39:23 and this is not slow down in anyway.
00:04:42:12 That's just incredibly precise shark.
00:04:45:21 Wow.
00:04:46:08 That's shocking.
00:04:47:13 So Dominic how do you feel knowing that that could be
00:04:50:10 right next door?
00:04:51:24 Well, that's a great bathtub.
00:04:53:14 That's a really, really nice bathtub.
00:04:55:24 Well that's a luxurious bathtub obviously.
00:04:57:18 I don't know, I think there would be room for a shark and
00:05:01:05 some bathers if you are careful and you are smart about it.
00:05:05:03 Don't people swim with sharks?
00:05:07:24 Or is that just in the business world?
00:05:09:18 Is that more of a business analogy?
00:05:11:13 I have heard that you are not supposed to swim with a shark if
00:05:15:08 if you have diarrhea,
00:05:17:00 that is what I have heard,
00:05:18:15 that's the common recommendation.
00:05:21:09 I want to quickly go across the panel and
00:05:23:12 get your thoughts on the best animal
00:05:26:14 to be killed by if you had to choose an animal.
00:05:29:24 Any animal, what would you pick?
00:05:33:05 Dominic I will start with you.
00:05:34:03 I think a puppy, yeah.
00:05:35:20 I mean regardless of what animal you pick it's going to hurt
00:05:37:28 but at least a puppy, you may get a cuddle out of it.
00:05:40:28 Right, right. Sophie, we go to you.
00:05:43:27 I would have to go with common gnat or gnat or some knort.
00:05:51:27 The gnat. Peter Kuling.
00:05:53:18 I am thinking something a bit more perhaps classic like a hawk
00:05:58:06 or an eagle that eats liver daily and comes down
00:06:02:06 and feed on me or something, perhaps one of those.
00:06:04:17 You want to know what animal I would choose?
00:06:05:11 What?
00:06:06:07 I would choose an extinct animal.
00:06:08:21 That way it could not kill me because it was extinct
00:06:11:08 that my friends is what they call a Catch 22.
00:06:15:07 Well, stick around because we have more hot topics
00:06:18:18 coming at you.
00:06:20:03 [Music]
00:06:34:08 Nor is there a way to determine whether the researchers
00:06:37:06 who concluded this are part of the group.
00:06:39:24 [Music]
00:00:04:06 [Video Playing]
00:00:37:19 Wow! Well, welcome back to Hot Topixxx,
00:00:39:06 I am Jim Dupree
00:00:40:11 and as we saw some pretty graphic footage there,
00:00:43:16 leads us into our very next topic,
00:00:45:24 dangerous animals in the home.
00:00:49:10 How do we keep our children safe from lions?
00:00:53:14 This is becoming the new norm, it has been shown that
00:00:56:02 upwards of 15% or 16% of American households
00:00:59:01 have thought about getting a lion and keeping
00:01:03:04 it in the family home,
00:01:05:05 kind of a disturbing trend.
00:01:07:25 Dominic, we will start with you.
00:01:09:25 Do you have pets?
00:01:11:11 I had fish, had goldfish.
00:01:15:07 And you killed them before they had an opportunity to kill you.
00:01:17:28 Well, it depends on your definition of kill.
00:01:21:07 One died because the tank was dirty
00:01:23:15 and I killed the other one
00:01:24:23 because I was sick of caring for it.
00:01:26:12 How did you kill it?
00:01:27:28 I wrapped it in paper towel and cut its head off.
00:01:32:18 I figured it was the most humane way to do it
00:01:34:19 because then there would be
00:01:35:21 You can make us a delicious sandwich
00:01:38:11 from its corpse and relish every bite.
00:01:40:21 I should have thought of that but no,
00:01:42:24 I was kind of revolted by the whole process.
00:01:45:16 But I mean.. aside from sort of just not caring for the tank or
00:01:51:16 to own animals anymore,
00:01:53:01 were you concerned for your own safety?
00:01:55:01 They were goldfish, so not really.
00:01:57:23 A goldfish could kill.
00:01:59:16 Yeah, but the concern really wasn't there
00:02:02:05 because I had it pretty much under control
00:02:04:24 by ignoring it completely.
00:02:06:28 Okay, Sophie.
00:02:08:08 You worried about animals killing you and your family?
00:02:11:17 I mean quite realistically,
00:02:14:07 how many months, is it months, days,
00:02:16:29 weeks, years, centuries
00:02:19:05 before your entire family is killed by animals?
00:02:21:21 I think it's mere moments.
00:02:24:03 Really, really.
00:02:24:26 It could happen any moment.
00:02:26:11 What animals do you currently have in your home?
00:02:27:21 I have a cat.
00:02:28:29 Yeah.
00:02:30:13 A lion, a sphynx.
00:02:32:15 Just a domestic cat.
00:02:34:05 So a sphinx then.
00:02:35:08 Well, she appears to be just a domestic cat,
00:02:40:01 but I think we all know
00:02:41:04 that she in fact... she knows a little too much
00:02:45:23 and I think inside of her small cat body,
00:02:50:03 there is some sort of feral cheetah or a lion or something
00:02:54:14 that is quite possibly about to rip off my face.
00:02:57:02 Is she one of the cats that can actually shoot her claws
00:03:00:07 directly into your eyes?
00:03:01:24 Yeah, yeah she is that kind.
00:03:03:09 She has a small cape.
00:03:04:23 Has she?
00:03:05:19 Yeah, well she comes close,
00:03:07:21 but I managed to create a barricade
00:03:11:17 with my washing machine, rolled it across the floor
00:03:15:04 and kept distance from her.
00:03:17:08 But she is the shooting nails cat that she...
00:03:21:19 A harrowing tale you just told us.
00:03:24:05 Yeah.
00:03:24:25 Professor Kuling,
00:03:26:03 I wonder if you knew that your neighbors
00:03:29:23 had a dangerous animal,
00:03:32:12 maybe not even having one in your own home
00:03:34:03 but just knowing that maybe next door
00:03:36:19 or upstairs in an apartment complex,
00:03:38:13 that there was a lion or in a downtown condo,
00:03:42:20 one of the larger snakes, the anacondas.
00:03:46:02 How would you feel about protecting your family?
00:03:49:12 I would be worried.
00:03:50:29 I don't entirely have a family myself,
00:03:53:00 but I would be worried for other families
00:03:54:28 and other people around.
00:03:55:28 I think it's a bit much to assume that.
00:03:57:24 I mean I am more concerned personally about my
00:03:59:26 insurance rates though.
00:04:01:12 If that's going to be happening in my apartment complex,
00:04:04:13 my rent is going to go up,
00:04:05:25 so is my insurance because
00:04:07:03 I could be eaten going into the elevator.
00:04:09:12 There could be jaws there waiting for me as I walk in.
00:04:12:16 Absolutely, unsuspecting.
00:04:13:28 Yes completely.
00:04:14:28 Now, I want to run another video clip,
00:04:16:19 I want to show you what can happen
00:04:18:13 when you keep what they call
00:04:20:27 a great white shark in your bathtub.
00:04:23:08 Do we have that footage, can we take a look at that?
00:04:28:03 So there it is right there, this is actually filmed
00:04:30:08 downtown Toronto in a condominium bathtub,
00:04:34:23 great white shark actually devouring its owner
00:04:39:23 and this is not slow down in anyway.
00:04:42:12 That's just incredibly precise shark.
00:04:45:21 Wow.
00:04:46:08 That's shocking.
00:04:47:13 So Dominic how do you feel knowing that that could be
00:04:50:10 right next door?
00:04:51:24 Well, that's a great bathtub.
00:04:53:14 That's a really, really nice bathtub.
00:04:55:24 Well that's a luxurious bathtub obviously.
00:04:57:18 I don't know, I think there would be room for a shark and
00:05:01:05 some bathers if you are careful and you are smart about it.
00:05:05:03 Don't people swim with sharks?
00:05:07:24 Or is that just in the business world?
00:05:09:18 Is that more of a business analogy?
00:05:11:13 I have heard that you are not supposed to swim with a shark if
00:05:15:08 if you have diarrhea,
00:05:17:00 that is what I have heard,
00:05:18:15 that's the common recommendation.
00:05:21:09 I want to quickly go across the panel and
00:05:23:12 get your thoughts on the best animal
00:05:26:14 to be killed by if you had to choose an animal.
00:05:29:24 Any animal, what would you pick?
00:05:33:05 Dominic I will start with you.
00:05:34:03 I think a puppy, yeah.
00:05:35:20 I mean regardless of what animal you pick it's going to hurt
00:05:37:28 but at least a puppy, you may get a cuddle out of it.
00:05:40:28 Right, right. Sophie, we go to you.
00:05:43:27 I would have to go with common gnat or gnat or some knort.
00:05:51:27 The gnat. Peter Kuling.
00:05:53:18 I am thinking something a bit more perhaps classic like a hawk
00:05:58:06 or an eagle that eats liver daily and comes down
00:06:02:06 and feed on me or something, perhaps one of those.
00:06:04:17 You want to know what animal I would choose?
00:06:05:11 What?
00:06:06:07 I would choose an extinct animal.
00:06:08:21 That way it could not kill me because it was extinct
00:06:11:08 that my friends is what they call a Catch 22.
00:06:15:07 Well, stick around because we have more hot topics
00:06:18:18 coming at you.
00:06:20:03 [Music]
00:06:34:08 Nor is there a way to determine whether the researchers
00:06:37:06 who concluded this are part of the group.
00:06:39:24 [Music]