It is mindlessly easy to offer a knee-jerk criticism of a post because it links to a source you don't like.
On the other hand, if you take 12 seconds to type "European Parliament dozen eggs" into Google News, you can find the same report published by the Telegraph -
Since this video has generated so much discussion, I think it's worth pointing out that the person doing the filming was the owner of the cat, but she was NOT the owner of the dog. Here is the note she appended to her video:
"The dog eventually left limping—since posting here we have been able to contact the lady. THE DOG IS OKAY, but traumatized.
River, my deer-whispering cat, is fine—we'll? see if he learned his lesson.
We did call animal control, there was "nothing they could do" to prevent further trouble.
Yes, my being there filming contributed to the problem, stressing the doe. And yes, I feel bad about it.
My children live here. Kids walk to school every day. I'd feel a lot better if I knew none of them would ever dream to pet a fawn. I may not have helped this poor dog, I sure believe I might still get to help others."
This was not fun to witness at all—it was as horrifying as it was unexpected. I realize that for anyone who's never seen a deer in their garden, it was all too easy to predict, but if you live in Cranbrook you have deer in your garden 100 days a year, nothing bad ever happens, so you forget it's unnatural.
That's precisely why it is so important for me to share this video with the rest of my community.
If AbekasakaSB's observation is correct, and this was shown on a British sports channel, than I would bet that it was part of a commercial for a "real" golf ball.
And as the cross-sections at the link in Christophe's comment show, there are golf balls with a structure that might be compressible to this degree.
Perhaps it's "real" but not "regulation" - one of the variants that Nate Greene suggests.
Definitive documentation/sourcing still pending...
It may be evident from the content at the link, but the Christmas issue of the BMJ is traditionally devoted to humorous, offbeat, and unusual items; any "medical" data should be taken with large grains of salt.
On the other hand, if you take 12 seconds to type "European Parliament dozen eggs" into Google News, you can find the same report published by the Telegraph -
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/7857087/EU-to-ban-selling-eggs-by-dozen.html
or the Times of India, or the Times of Malta...
"The dog eventually left limping—since posting here we have been able to contact the lady. THE DOG IS OKAY, but traumatized.
River, my deer-whispering cat, is fine—we'll? see if he learned his lesson.
We did call animal control, there was "nothing they could do" to prevent further trouble.
Yes, my being there filming contributed to the problem, stressing the doe. And yes, I feel bad about it.
My children live here. Kids walk to school every day. I'd feel a lot better if I knew none of them would ever dream to pet a fawn. I may not have helped this poor dog, I sure believe I might still get to help others."
This was not fun to witness at all—it was as horrifying as it was unexpected. I realize that for anyone who's never seen a deer in their garden, it was all too easy to predict, but if you live in Cranbrook you have deer in your garden 100 days a year, nothing bad ever happens, so you forget it's unnatural.
That's precisely why it is so important for me to share this video with the rest of my community.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teoL6FKEtCY
http://www.waubrawindfarm.com.au/Civilconstructionworks.htm
And as the cross-sections at the link in Christophe's comment show, there are golf balls with a structure that might be compressible to this degree.
Perhaps it's "real" but not "regulation" - one of the variants that Nate Greene suggests.
Definitive documentation/sourcing still pending...
"real" = 3
"doubt" = 5
"fake" = 6
other = 2
I don't have a definitive answer, but I suspect with enough digging and Googling, one could be found...
Thanks for posting this.