October 14, 2025 • 4 mins
A gorilla breaks it's enclosure at the zoo, a dumb Florida criminal and the world's tallest...donkey. Those stories and more on today's top 5!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
And this is West Michigan's Morning New Steve Kelly, Brett Kata,
Laurence Smith, Adam aro Jo. It is top five time
for this Tuesday, October fourteenth.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Sty Where do we start?
Speaker 3 (00:10):
Yeah, number five. It's always a little terrifying when you
realize the enclosure may not hold the animal. A massive
gorilla seen charging at the wall of its enclosure at
the San Diego Zoo broke through the first layer of glass.
Come on, now, yeah, that's Denny.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
I don't want to meet Denny.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
I don't think you do either. A ten year old
Western Lowland gorilla shattered through a layer of tempered glass.
This happened on Saturday, Zoo officials confirming the news. The
woman who was standing right there when it happened has
been interviewed on like every news show possible, and she said, yeah,
I didn't really think that was possible. But I'll tell
you I'm not stepping in one of those little three
(00:53):
sixty experiences ever.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
Again.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
The zoo is issuing a statement saying this is totally
normal behavior for adolescent callas.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
Okay, did they give away free San Diego Zoo underwear
to everybody?
Speaker 4 (01:07):
Honestly, I've seen that camp out.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
I saw that, yeah, Oprah special with the woman and
the hat and the veil. Gosh, and then I'll explain
that to you later. At number four, Pennsylvania family's pet
cat ended up joining them for a weekend adventure in
New York City. When they found the feline, it stowed
away atop their van for one hundred miles. The Dinarno
(01:31):
family said they made it about one hundred miles from
their home and gaitaning before they stopped for gas and
discovered their cat, Ray Ray, was clinging to the luggage
strapped of a roof.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Can you imagine, yes, for a cat?
Speaker 1 (01:44):
I could. They explained their family was on their way
from New Hampshire for a marathon and then on to
New York City.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
They were like, what do we do?
Speaker 1 (01:53):
And then they said, well, we're already this far, so
the cat came along for.
Speaker 4 (01:56):
The rest of the trip. There you go, smart cat.
Speaker 5 (02:00):
New ap College basketball. On the men's side, preseason Top
twenty five is out and perdue for the first time
in school history, is number one to start the season.
They started a season ranked as high as number two
once before, in eighty seven eighty eight underhead coach Gen
Katie at the time now under Matt Painter who played
for Gen Katie.
Speaker 4 (02:20):
And you look at the rest of the top twenty five.
Speaker 5 (02:22):
Houston is two, Florida the defending national champions, three, Yukon
four in Saint John's with Rick Bettino round out the
top five. Duke comes in at six, Michigan seven. Remember
they're defending Big Ten tournament champs. As far as the
rest of the Big Ten, UCLA is twelve, Illinois seventeen.
Michigan State comes in at number twenty two, the defending
regular season Big Ten champs in Wisconsin at twenty four.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
Katie's the one with that haircut right.
Speaker 4 (02:45):
Yes, he looks like a boilermaker.
Speaker 6 (02:49):
At number two, a Florida man is now facing federal
charges after stealing seven thousand dollars worth of scratch off
tickets from a Circle K. He was caught when he
returned to the same sir forty minutes later to try
to turn in the winning tickets. Come on now, now,
a parent, They don't work if they're not actually scanned
by the cash registered. But to have the audacity to
(03:10):
go back to the exact same convenience store, this guy
deserves what he gets.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
Where does one go to steal them?
Speaker 6 (03:15):
Did he just reach over the count started going through
cabinets in a store and found a bunch of them.
Speaker 4 (03:19):
Oh boy, you look familiar.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
Finally at number one in the lists, a British farm
is home to a pair of record breaking donkeys, thanks
to one staggering heighten another's impressive long years.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
We'll focus on the tall one.
Speaker 1 (03:35):
Guinness World Records announced that Dynamic Derek is the tallest
living donkey in the world, standing five feet five inches
from hoof to withers.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
Here's its owner, frauend of everything, even his own shadow.
Speaker 5 (03:47):
Oh, if you've got biscuits, Derek will go anywhere for anything.
Speaker 4 (03:51):
That's the only way we can move him. That's right.
Biscuit is your.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
Quivalent of the UK.
Speaker 3 (03:56):
Just doesn't have much going on, does it.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
Had?
Speaker 1 (04:00):
Before the bottom of the hour? News a donkey that tall?
One person gets to say it once?
Speaker 4 (04:07):
Is it? Glad?
Speaker 2 (04:08):
Does it have to be me?
Speaker 4 (04:09):
Oh? Captain, my captain, that's a big ass.
Speaker 3 (04:13):
I wasn't sure. I was like, is there a donkey
joke from your era?
Speaker 2 (04:19):
Wow?
Speaker 4 (04:22):
Thanks Grandpa, it is.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
You're welcome. Kids.
Speaker 3 (04:27):
Just missing the werthers out of the pocket.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
Go wash your hands for traffic and weather.
And this is West Michigan's Morning New Steve Kelly, Brett Kata,
Laurence Smith, Adam aro Jo. It is top five time
for this Tuesday, October fourteenth.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Sty Where do we start?
Speaker 3 (00:10):
Yeah, number five. It's always a little terrifying when you
realize the enclosure may not hold the animal. A massive
gorilla seen charging at the wall of its enclosure at
the San Diego Zoo broke through the first layer of glass.
Come on, now, yeah, that's Denny.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
I don't want to meet Denny.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
I don't think you do either. A ten year old
Western Lowland gorilla shattered through a layer of tempered glass.
This happened on Saturday, Zoo officials confirming the news. The
woman who was standing right there when it happened has
been interviewed on like every news show possible, and she said, yeah,
I didn't really think that was possible. But I'll tell
you I'm not stepping in one of those little three
(00:53):
sixty experiences ever.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
Again.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
The zoo is issuing a statement saying this is totally
normal behavior for adolescent callas.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
Okay, did they give away free San Diego Zoo underwear
to everybody?
Speaker 4 (01:07):
Honestly, I've seen that camp out.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
I saw that, yeah, Oprah special with the woman and
the hat and the veil. Gosh, and then I'll explain
that to you later. At number four, Pennsylvania family's pet
cat ended up joining them for a weekend adventure in
New York City. When they found the feline, it stowed
away atop their van for one hundred miles. The Dinarno
(01:31):
family said they made it about one hundred miles from
their home and gaitaning before they stopped for gas and
discovered their cat, Ray Ray, was clinging to the luggage
strapped of a roof.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Can you imagine, yes, for a cat?
Speaker 1 (01:44):
I could. They explained their family was on their way
from New Hampshire for a marathon and then on to
New York City.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
They were like, what do we do?
Speaker 1 (01:53):
And then they said, well, we're already this far, so
the cat came along for.
Speaker 4 (01:56):
The rest of the trip. There you go, smart cat.
Speaker 5 (02:00):
New ap College basketball. On the men's side, preseason Top
twenty five is out and perdue for the first time
in school history, is number one to start the season.
They started a season ranked as high as number two
once before, in eighty seven eighty eight underhead coach Gen
Katie at the time now under Matt Painter who played
for Gen Katie.
Speaker 4 (02:20):
And you look at the rest of the top twenty five.
Speaker 5 (02:22):
Houston is two, Florida the defending national champions, three, Yukon
four in Saint John's with Rick Bettino round out the
top five. Duke comes in at six, Michigan seven. Remember
they're defending Big Ten tournament champs. As far as the
rest of the Big Ten, UCLA is twelve, Illinois seventeen.
Michigan State comes in at number twenty two, the defending
regular season Big Ten champs in Wisconsin at twenty four.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
Katie's the one with that haircut right.
Speaker 4 (02:45):
Yes, he looks like a boilermaker.
Speaker 6 (02:49):
At number two, a Florida man is now facing federal
charges after stealing seven thousand dollars worth of scratch off
tickets from a Circle K. He was caught when he
returned to the same sir forty minutes later to try
to turn in the winning tickets. Come on now, now,
a parent, They don't work if they're not actually scanned
by the cash registered. But to have the audacity to
(03:10):
go back to the exact same convenience store, this guy
deserves what he gets.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
Where does one go to steal them?
Speaker 6 (03:15):
Did he just reach over the count started going through
cabinets in a store and found a bunch of them.
Speaker 4 (03:19):
Oh boy, you look familiar.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
Finally at number one in the lists, a British farm
is home to a pair of record breaking donkeys, thanks
to one staggering heighten another's impressive long years.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
We'll focus on the tall one.
Speaker 1 (03:35):
Guinness World Records announced that Dynamic Derek is the tallest
living donkey in the world, standing five feet five inches
from hoof to withers.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
Here's its owner, frauend of everything, even his own shadow.
Speaker 5 (03:47):
Oh, if you've got biscuits, Derek will go anywhere for anything.
Speaker 4 (03:51):
That's the only way we can move him. That's right.
Biscuit is your.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
Quivalent of the UK.
Speaker 3 (03:56):
Just doesn't have much going on, does it.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
Had?
Speaker 1 (04:00):
Before the bottom of the hour? News a donkey that tall?
One person gets to say it once?
Speaker 4 (04:07):
Is it? Glad?
Speaker 2 (04:08):
Does it have to be me?
Speaker 4 (04:09):
Oh? Captain, my captain, that's a big ass.
Speaker 3 (04:13):
I wasn't sure. I was like, is there a donkey
joke from your era?
Speaker 2 (04:19):
Wow?
Speaker 4 (04:22):
Thanks Grandpa, it is.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
You're welcome. Kids.
Speaker 3 (04:27):
Just missing the werthers out of the pocket.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
Go wash your hands for traffic and weather.
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