Google says no donkey was harmed in response to rampant rumors that one of Google’s Street View fleet flattened a mule on a dusty Botswana road. In a Google Lat Long blog post titled ” Never ass-ume” on Wednesday, Kei Kawai of Google Maps, tried to put the rumors to rest.
“It looked to some that our car had been involved in an unseemly hit and run, leaving the humble beast stranded in the road,” wrote Kawai. “As our imagery below shows, the donkey was lying in the path – perhaps enjoying a dust bath – before moving safely aside as our car drove past.”
For the past several days Reddit, Twitter, and even some celebrities have studied a series of Street View images and convinced themselves Google is guilty of killing a donkey. Believe it or not, it wouldn’t have been the first time a Google Street View car was accused of being involved in a hit and run. In 2009 Street View images showed what looked like a deer getting hit by one of Google’s cars.
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