Zoo wolverines treated to Ohio State piInata mascot

Posted: 11.24.2010 at 10:59 PM

      ROYAL OAK, Mich. (AP) - The University of Michigan football team
ROYAL OAK (AP) -- could only dream of faring as well against the Buckeyes as a pair
of other wolverines did at the Detroit Zoo.
      Luka and Jigi (JIH'-gee) tore apart a piInata designed to
resemble the Ohio State University mascot on Wednesday, a few days
before the annual college football rivalry is renewed in Columbus.
      The male and female wolverines made quick work of the
4-foot-tall Brutus Buckeye replica, which came complete with the
Ohio "O" on its chest and a buckeye-shaped head.
      It took them all of five minutes to topple Brutus and rip off
his head. Later, they chewed their way inside his torso to find a
prize of meat.
      Zoo officials use piInatas to enrich environments and make them
more engaging to the animals.