The Super Bowl predictions are in, but this year the forecasters aren't your typical sports pundits. Instead, the prognosticators sporting fur and antlers over at the North Texas zoos have gotten into the gridiron spirit. In a less-than-scientific but certainly more adorable approach to predicting this year’s champion, an antelope named Taylor Swift at the Dallas Zoo made her pick for the winner, while a lion cub named Moja did the same in Fort Worth.
Putting aside the namesake's significant other, the antelope Taylor, named after the real-life pop icon, strutted towards the San Francisco 49ers bowl, picking them over the Kansas City Chiefs Fox 4 News reported. Despite the coincidence, there's nothing to say the Eastern bongo harbors any knowledge of Taylor Swift's discography or, for that matter, her boyfriend’s alliances.
Meanwhile, in what could only be described as a roaring endorsement, Moja the lion cub, who recently made his public debut at Fort Worth Zoo, also threw his support behind the 49ers. Born last October, Moja is new to the game in more ways than one but seemed sure of his choice when tasked with choosing a winner.
As everyone tunes in to see if these wild guesses hit the mark, fans are certainly holding their breath to see if animal instinct has unearthed the outcome of the Super Bowl. "It's #SuperBowlLVIII (Taylor's version)," the Dallas Zoo posted, playfully alluding to the celebrity namesake of their predicting bongo.
The Chiefs and 49ers face off at 5:30 p.m. central time in a game that will undoubtedly be less wild than the animal antics leading up to it. For now, Super Bowl LVIII hype continues to build, with some of the most interesting plays already having taken place off the field and inside the zoos of North Texas.
