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Event Date(s): 08/07/2017 | Event Location(s): Today New York Studio | Description: VO WILLIE GEIST (08:18:08): All right, Dylan and I ready to whip through the Highs and Lows of the week. Our first high goes to the high number of hours Vladimir Putin apparently has been putting in at the Crunch Fitness (ph) in Moscow. As you remember from his past displays, the Russian president rarely packs a shirt when vacationing. This weekend, we were treated to the latest batch of footage showing Putin out clearing his head, this time in the mountains of southern Siberia. Russian state TV showed Putin fishing in a lake near the Mongolian border-- both above the water while topless, and beneath it as he put on the snorkeling gear and caught a pike while spearfishing. A Kremlin spokesman said eerily, quote, “the president chased after one pike for two hours, but in the end he got what he wanted.” And what do you do after a successful day on the lake? You bro out, shirts off with your defense minister, crack a couple of PBR Tall Boys and plot your next attack on a Western democratic election. GFX: Supers “Putin and Shirt on Holiday” MS: Footage of Putin fishing and in the woods on vacation VO WILLIE GEIST (08:19:17): There we go. So our first low goes to spotting a real live snake on your desk at the office. Well, it would be a low for you, for me, for Dylan. But check out the reaction of the team at 9 News Darwin in Australia. Without even a hint of panic, the station’s program manager calmly just picks up the snake, corrals it, puts it in a shopping bag to be taken outside. Meanwhile, someone once saw a mouse here at 30 Rock and we evacuated the floor for a week so the hazmat squad could do its work. In other snake news this week, a delivery guy in Baton Rouge, Louisiana showed us how you’re supposed to react when you see a snake. A homeowner security camera shows the man walking up with a pair of packages. He spots the snake and drops those packages like a bad habit when he sees it at the front door. See, that’s what I would do— GFX: Supers “SSSurprise” MS: Video of woman catching snack off of desk EXT MS: Security footage of delivery man running after seeing snack VO WILLIE GEIST (08:20:17): I’m out. They’re-- it’s broken now. Our next high comes to us from Rockwall, Texas, where the Pruitt (ph) family has grown by one. And that news was a big surprise to big sisters, Reagan and Harper. Mom saying it’s your new baby sister. Reagan, who you see right there, the older of the two girls, burst into tears of joy. She said later of meeting her new little sister, quote, “my mind blew up.” Mom Casey says she got a quick call about the adoption, girls weren’t around, didn’t have time to tell them, until she came back with the baby and walked in the door at the moment you’re seeing right here. The Pruitts have adopted three children and now are a happy family of seven. GFX: Supers “Home is Where the Heart Is” MS: Vide of mother surprising daughters with new sister. VO WILLIE GEIST (08:21:21): We’ve got a beautiful baby girl. Exactly. Our final low goes to the feeling when you’re a professional cyclist in the middle of a big race and you get passed by a tiny horse. It happened this week during the sixth stage at the tour of Poland. A horse got loose somewhere in town, wandered toward the race. After observing briefly, the horse said to itself, I can beat these guys. With reins dangling, the horse breaks into a gallop. Tough asphalt terrain for the hoofs. So a little slipper on the turn but he keeps a feat. Sadly, at the end of the stage, the horse tested positive for doping and was disqualified. It just happens in-- in cycling for whatever reason. Look at that. Go little guy, go. GFX: Supers “Hoofing It” MS: Video of horse joining bicycle race VO WILLIE GEIST (08:21:58): I don’t know how long that went on, but it was magical. (08:22:01): All right. We’ve got to give you this one bonus high this week. Tell me if this new calf from Kerrville, Texas named Genie reminds you of anyone. The music gives it away a bit. The black-and-white pattern on its face, the big tongue sticking out? Well, this week it reminded a lot of people online-- yes-- of Kiss frontman Gene Simmons. A spitting image, actually. Simmons even tweeted out the photo writing, “This is real, folks.” You can see why they named the calf Genie. GFX: Supers “Kiss Cow” GFX: Still of Cow GFX: Split screen still of cow and Gene Simmons