Things we learned at the zoo today
Sep. 14th, 2007 11:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
xiphias1. Grey foxes can get hairballs. Or, at least, that's what it looked like. As a cat person, I recognize that particular hacking sound. . .
2. Snow leopards in a zoo couldn't really care less about humans nearby staring at them -- but the dog walking by on the sidewalk outside the zoo was VERY interesting. The leopard looked rather alert, and perhaps even a little jumpy, even after the dog was out of sight. The body language was more or less the same as Boopsie's when she would see another cat walk by outside the house. Boopsie didn't like other cats, and I suspect the snow leopard isn't a big fan of other carnivores of its approximate weight class.
3. A meerkat can pick a fight with a stick and lose. Twice. Same stick both times.
2. Snow leopards in a zoo couldn't really care less about humans nearby staring at them -- but the dog walking by on the sidewalk outside the zoo was VERY interesting. The leopard looked rather alert, and perhaps even a little jumpy, even after the dog was out of sight. The body language was more or less the same as Boopsie's when she would see another cat walk by outside the house. Boopsie didn't like other cats, and I suspect the snow leopard isn't a big fan of other carnivores of its approximate weight class.
3. A meerkat can pick a fight with a stick and lose. Twice. Same stick both times.
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Date: 2007-09-15 01:08 pm (UTC)here from metaquotes
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Date: 2007-09-15 04:00 am (UTC)Meerkat freaked a bit, ran off, spent a little time all jumpy and paranoid.
Then, a little later wandered back near the same stick and somehow managed to back into it again This time, it actually whirled around in anger and bit the damn thing.
The first time it happened, we assumed it was just stupid and felt sorry for the little bugger.
The second time... I'm wondering if we're seeing some kind of fetish.
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Date: 2007-09-18 03:10 pm (UTC)Heh.