Pepper* -

May. 3rd, 2010

10:50 PM

I have been working on some actual words, following the poll of indecisiveness (feel free to keep voting on that, btw), but it's taking longer than expected, so instead here are some pictures of cute critters I saw at the Cotswold Wildlife Park.

This one makes me laugh. A groundhog, I believe (I wish I'd labelled these properly at the time...)

YOU'RE A KITTY!

I think he's cute, anyway.

Baby meerkat with a baby sock. *squee!*

A wallaby giving me a funny look.

And, last but not least, a red panda.

Okay, it's past my bedtime.

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rydra_wong: Lee Miller photo showing two women wearing metal fire masks in England during WWII. (Default)

rydra_wong wrote:

May. 4th, 2010 06:54 am (UTC)

I love the Cotswold Wildlife Park. It's always struck me as way ahead of many other zoos in animal welfare.

And the baby meerkat with its sock! Was there any information on why it had a sock, or had it stolen it from a passing toddler?

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pepper wrote:

May. 4th, 2010 08:51 am (UTC)

I think the sock had just fallen in / been stolen by meerkats - the enclosure was open and close enough that you could practically reach in and scoop a meerkat out. What the picture sadly can't convey is that the baby meerkat was making excited little squeaky noises as it played with its toy. SO CUTE OMG.

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rydra_wong wrote:

May. 4th, 2010 09:17 am (UTC)

Little squeaky meerkat noises!

the enclosure was open and close enough that you could practically reach in and scoop a meerkat out.

I know! Did they have their sunlamp out?

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pepper wrote:

May. 4th, 2010 09:40 am (UTC)

I don't remember seeing it, no. Awwww, little lazy meerkats lounging under a lamp, warming their fur? They must be so cute.

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rydra_wong wrote:

May. 4th, 2010 09:44 am (UTC)

Awwww, little lazy meerkats lounging under a lamp, warming their fur?

Yes! On chilly days, they get a sunlamp so they can still bask.

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pepper wrote:

May. 4th, 2010 09:51 am (UTC)

Warm fuzzies ftw.

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crazedturkey wrote:

May. 4th, 2010 08:48 am (UTC)

meerkat with sock!! *dies*

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pepper wrote:

May. 4th, 2010 08:55 am (UTC)

It was so TINY and CUTE! I just wanted to pick it up and cuddle it.

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ziparumpazoo: Tree covered in pink frost (SockMonkey)

ziparumpazoo wrote:

May. 4th, 2010 01:29 pm (UTC)

Adorable!.
And very nice photos too. I really like the pensive wolf. He's got such a 'ho hum, yet another tourist snapping pictures of me' look of boredom going on.

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pepper wrote:

May. 4th, 2010 03:23 pm (UTC)

Yeah, the wolves were all hanging out, looking like they were too cool for all this nonsense. *g* And there were loads of people (with some impressive looking cameras) taking photos of them. Wolf paparazzi. :D

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