Couldn't they come up with a better animal?
Puppies are cute. Cats are, too, though they do have attitude. How about Llamas?
The point here would be that there are certainly a number of cute animals you could pick to make a prediction.
A vulture wouldn't be at the top of my list.
But that's what the Miami Zoo used as Peanut the Vulture did its best Puxatony Phil impersonation.
Peanut, the Indian white-rumped vulture @zoomiami, just picked @KyleBusch to win the title Sunday @HomesteadMiami Speedway. #NASCAR pic.twitter.com/0vSYU3bv4V
— Andy Slater (@AndySlater) November 14, 2017
He sprinted towards four numbers, all that signify a driver -- The No. 2 (Brad Keselowski), No. 4 (Kevin Harvick), No. 18 (Kyle Busch) and No. 78 (Martin Truex Jr.) And while many prognosticators think Harvick will get the win, Peanut has other ideas.
He picked Kyle Busch.
We'll see.