Oh my…Lion tries to eat baby at zoo, is stymied by glass wall
Note that this little trooper refers to the hungry Big Cat as “kitty kitty.”
(h/t Ellen)
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A keeper tries to persuade baby elephant Uli to step on the scales during inventory at the zoo in Wuppertal, Germany. Picture: MARIUS BECKER/AFP/Getty Images
Disney’s Animal Kingdom Wildlife Treated to Pumpkins for Halloween
briannemaire:The hippo…
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Ta-Da!
A clouded leopard cub stands on its hind legs and hold its front paws aloft in a photo taken at the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington. Two-month-old Sumalee appears to strike an almost human pose as she stands up unaided to swat at a pillow being held by one of her keepers. A spokesman for the zoo said: ”The cub is not leaning against glass, she’s standing on her own.” Sumalee and sibling Taji were born at the zoo on June 14 to mother Chai Li. The zoo is one of only three zoos in America breeding endangered clouded leopards.
Picture: Seth Bynum / Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, Supplied by Pacific Coast News (via Pictures of the day: 25 August 2011 - Telegraph, viaallcreatures)
Lemurs at Drusillas Park in East Sussex enjoy a tea party, drinking green tea from traditional cups and saucers
Picture: Drusillas Park (via Pictures of the day: 24 August 2011 - Telegraph)
"The first warnings of the earthquake may have occurred at the National Zoo, where officials said some animals seemed to feel it coming before people did. The red ruffed lemurs began “alarm calling” a full 15 minutes before the quake hit, zoo spokeswoman Pamela Baker-Masson said. In the Great Ape House, Iris, an orangutan, let out a guttural holler 10 seconds before keepers felt the quake. The flamingos huddled together in the water seconds before people felt the rumbling. The rheas got excited. And the hooded mergansers — a kind of duck — dashed for the safety of the water."
— The animals are always the first to know (via Washington Post)
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A proboscis monkey eats at Apenheul Zoo near Apeldoorn, The Netherlands. The Apenheul is the only zoo outside Asia that has proboscis monkeys. Three males arrived from Singapore on 23 July and have gone on show to the public for the first time.
Picture: EPA (via Pictures of the day: 27 July 2011 - Telegraph)
Getting ready to head out of the office and up the red line to Brew at the Zoo - National Zoo| FONZ.
Who says beers and pandas (and awesome 90’s tribute bands) don’t mix?
Big Friend, Little Friend.
Heart-warming image of gorilla making friends with duckling among wildlife photography award winners.
Read more: dailymail.co.uk
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(Photo of Knut the polar bear making his debut at the Berlin Zoo in 2007 by Arnd Wiegmann / Reuters via MSNBC.com)
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Wow, a puggle is not just a yappy but adorable cross-breed between a pug and a beagle?
The Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria, Australia is the new home for an orphaned baby Platypus, called a “puggle.” Named “Yamacoona” (Wurundjeri for “water spirit”), this tiny baby weighed only 335 grams when she arrived at the Sanctuary in a critical condition four weeks ago. She was miraculously found floating in saltwater (Platypuses live in freshwater) about three miles from the mouth of the Mitchell River. The nearest known sighting of any Platypus is 31 miles (50 kilometers) upstream from the mouth of the Mitchell River.
Healesville Sanctuary vets believe it is possible that the Platypus’ mother may have died during recent flooding so the puggle was washed out to the island into salt water. Yamacoona is about three months of age, and wouldn’t have been weaned for another 6-8 weeks.
(via allcreatures)
