Bad News: CNN Host Reports Humans Have ‘Hunted The Dildo Into Extinction’

CNN International host Jonathan Mann undermined the point he was trying to make about climate change a bit when he offered up this particular example of previous “man-made extinctions”: “We hunted the dildo into extinction.”

Speaking to a guest about a study that says many animal species won’t have time to adapt to a rapidly warming planet, Mann said, “Now extinctions, I don’t have to tell you, have been a part of the history of the world for millennia. And man-made extinctions have even happened before.”

“I guess we hunted the dildo into extinction,” he let slip, before slowly realizing his mistake. “Um, but, the Dodo, rather, forgive me, I’m having trouble with my words today.”

The Dodo bird species is believed to have perished for good sometime in the 17th century, but, for now at least, the dildo is alive and well.

The CNN International clip also caught the attention of David Letterman, who worked the video into his monologue and poking fun at CNN’s “most-trusted name in news” status.

Watch video below, via CNN International, followed by the Letterman clip, via CBS:

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