Google Says it Didnt Kill That Donkey

Google on Wednesday answered a query that had been consuming the blogosphere for 24 hours: Why did the donkey lie down on the road?

The speculation began when an image of a donkey lying on its side in the middle of a dirt road in the Kweneng region of Botswana emerged on Street View. Then @TheRealSheldonCooper tweeted his suspicions about the photo to his 149,000 followers.

I think google street view ran over a donkey in Botswana;maps.gstatic.com/m/streetview/?— Dr. Sheldon Cooper(@TheRealSheldonC) January 14, 2013

After a social media uproar, Google addressed the controversy on its Google Maps blog on Wednesday. In a post entitled "Never ass-ume," Kei Kawai, group produ…
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