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

[marquisedea.livejournal.com]

hahaha that sounds awesome! what zoo did you go to?

[wildcard9.livejournal.com]

How in the world does a meekrat loose a fight to a stick, let alone loose twice to the same stick??

[fibro-witch.livejournal.com]

It's all an act. Now that the Meerkat's in Africa have their own show. Every meerkat and their mother wants to at least be on America's Funniest Animals or something.

[soberloki.livejournal.com]

OMFG... I love it. Can I metaquotes you?

[gingicat]

Last time I went to the Stone Zoo, the assorted big cats were VERY interested in the small children, and stalked them from the other side of the Plexiglass.