# I pit NBC's coverage of the Kentucky Derby in the wake of Eight Belles' death

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**Created:** [May 3, 2008, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-nbcs-coverage-of-the-kentucky-derby-in-the-wake-of-eight-belles-death/447938 "2008-05-03T22:53:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-nbcs-coverage-of-the-kentucky-derby-in-the-wake-of-eight-belles-death/447938/121 "2008-05-08T18:14:22Z")

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[QUOTE=dropzone]  
A few years back I was at a zoo and a tiger, thinking I looked like a tasty morsel, jumped at his enclosure’s bars to get at me. That took away any thoughts that people were alone at the top of the food chain: had he gotten through he’d’ve eaten me while, had I an AK-47, we’d’ve been better matched. (thinking) No, he was too close and had the drop on me. I’d be toast.  
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No. No one would claim that a moose is higher on the food chain than a wolf, even though history is undoubtedly replete with instances of moose stomping wolves to death. The question is not how you, personally, would fare vs. a tiger. The question is how _homo sapiens sapiens_ fare against _panthera tigris_ in the world at large.

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