Things we learned at the zoo today

[xiphias]

1. 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.

Comments

[micheinnz.livejournal.com]

Meerkats have ten braincells. Eight of them are used in the standing-on-two-legs business they like so much. But if they do that for two long, the blood rushes to their feet, and they lose the ability to use the other two braincells. Which results in their being outwitted by a stick.

[redbird]

There are additional brain cells, but they're entirely devoted to babysitting and tracking the schedules for same.

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[bosswolf.livejournal.com]

are y'all talking about meerkats or The Babysitters' Club? /silly

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[yaminekohyousai.livejournal.com]

Same thing, really.