Keep it clean for Mike: LSU warns grads against tossing confetti, corks near tiger habitat
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[{'start': '0.719', 'end': '4.480', 'text': 'As graduation season kicks off at LSU,'}, {'start': '2.960', 'end': '7.359', 'text': 'students are flocking to campus'}, {'start': '4.480', 'end': '9.440', 'text': 'landmarks for that perfect photo. But'}, {'start': '7.359', 'end': '11.759', 'text': 'one popular spot comes with a warning.'}, {'start': '9.440', 'end': '14.559', 'text': 'News Jordan Ponzio explains why the'}, {'start': '11.759', 'end': '17.039', 'text': 'university is asking seniors to rethink'}, {'start': '14.559', 'end': '19.600', 'text': "how they celebrate near Mike the Tiger's"}, {'start': '17.039', 'end': '21.680', 'text': 'habitat. For LSU students, this is a'}, {'start': '19.600', 'end': '23.600', 'text': 'very popular spot to take graduation'}, {'start': '21.680', 'end': '25.840', 'text': "photos in front of Mike the Tiger's"}, {'start': '23.600', 'end': '27.840', 'text': 'habitat. But the LSU veterary school is'}, {'start': '25.840', 'end': '30.160', 'text': "asking that you don't pop champagne or"}, {'start': '27.840', 'end': '32.239', 'text': 'confetti cannons because if Mike were to'}, {'start': '30.160', 'end': '35.200', 'text': "swallow one of these, it'd be a serious"}, {'start': '32.239', 'end': '37.680', 'text': 'issue for him. It seems to be at least a'}, {'start': '35.200', 'end': '40.000', 'text': 'pretty decent pile of it um every few'}, {'start': '37.680', 'end': '42.640', 'text': 'days. Every morning, veterary student'}, {'start': '40.000', 'end': '45.200', 'text': "caretakers walk through Mike's habitat,"}, {'start': '42.640', 'end': '47.200', 'text': 'checking fences, and picking up litter.'}, {'start': '45.200', 'end': '49.280', 'text': 'During the final weeks of the semester,'}, {'start': '47.200', 'end': '51.760', 'text': "they've noticed an uptick in champagne"}, {'start': '49.280', 'end': '53.280', 'text': 'corks and confetti. at least once or'}, {'start': '51.760', 'end': '55.120', 'text': "twice a week they're having to go"}, {'start': '53.280', 'end': '57.600', 'text': "through the yard and because again it's"}, {'start': '55.120', 'end': '59.840', 'text': "confetti it's not like it's you know"}, {'start': '57.600', 'end': '62.079', 'text': "large pieces it's very small things they"}, {'start': '59.840', 'end': '63.680', 'text': "have to pick up and so it's um and they"}, {'start': '62.079', 'end': '65.760', 'text': 'have to make sure they get all of it'}, {'start': '63.680', 'end': '68.000', 'text': 'ginger gunner with the veterary school'}, {'start': '65.760', 'end': '70.640', 'text': 'says these materials can pose serious'}, {'start': '68.000', 'end': '72.479', 'text': 'health risk to the Bengal tiger the'}, {'start': '70.640', 'end': '73.760', 'text': 'concern is that again he might act I'}, {'start': '72.479', 'end': '75.840', 'text': "don't think he would probably go and try"}, {'start': '73.760', 'end': '77.520', 'text': "to eat it but if it's floating in his"}, {'start': '75.840', 'end': '79.600', 'text': 'pool and he drinks the water and he'}, {'start': '77.520', 'end': '81.360', 'text': 'ingests it somehow it could cause an'}, {'start': '79.600', 'end': '83.680', 'text': 'obstruction or some other um health'}, {'start': '81.360', 'end': '86.000', 'text': "issue. She emphasized they're not"}, {'start': '83.680', 'end': '88.000', 'text': 'discouraging photos, just asking for'}, {'start': '86.000', 'end': '89.520', 'text': 'safer celebrations. You know, this this'}, {'start': '88.000', 'end': '91.520', 'text': 'is a very important milestone in their'}, {'start': '89.520', 'end': '93.920', 'text': 'lives. We want them to celebrate it.'}, {'start': '91.520', 'end': '96.799', 'text': "Just do it in a way that doesn't create"}, {'start': '93.920', 'end': '98.079', 'text': 'trash. There are safer alternatives. A'}, {'start': '96.799', 'end': '99.759', 'text': 'couple of years ago, there was a thing'}, {'start': '98.079', 'end': '101.200', 'text': 'where people were using colored smoke. I'}, {'start': '99.759', 'end': '103.680', 'text': 'thought was kind of cool because it was'}, {'start': '101.200', 'end': '104.799', 'text': 'different and it just dissipated. Um'}, {'start': '103.680', 'end': '106.720', 'text': 'something else, I mean, you could'}, {'start': '104.799', 'end': '109.520', 'text': 'frankly just photoshop that stuff in at'}, {'start': '106.720', 'end': '111.439', 'text': 'this point. um you know or open the'}, {'start': '109.520', 'end': '112.960', 'text': 'champagne and you know maybe shake the'}, {'start': '111.439', 'end': '115.840', 'text': 'bottle and let the champagne blow out'}, {'start': '112.960', 'end': '118.079', 'text': "but don't worry about the cork."}, {'start': '115.840', 'end': '120.719', 'text': 'Caretakers have even found cats and'}, {'start': '118.079', 'end': '123.280', 'text': "gowns inside Mike's habitat. A reminder"}, {'start': '120.719', 'end': '126.320', 'text': 'it is best not to throw anything near'}, {'start': '123.280', 'end': '126.320', 'text': 'him at all.'}]