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Sun Dec-20-09 12:38 PM
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Happy Holidays DU! - pics

A few fun pics for a change of pace...

LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 18: A snow leopard looks at a cardboard cutout at the Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens on December 18, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. A pair of rare snow leopard cubs and their mother were given Christmas packages containing treats and cardboard cutout decorations to investigate as part of the zoo Behavioral Enrichment program, which uses the natural behaviors of animals to keep them active and healthy. The cubs were born at the zoo on May 26 to a cat named Asia. Native to remote high mountains in Asia, only about 5,000 to 7,000 snow leopards are believed to remain in the wild. The cats can tolerate temperature extremes ranging from 40 degrees below zero Farenheit to as high as 104 degrees. They can leap 45 feet and kill prey that is two- to three-times their size. Snow leopards are at the top of the food chain and considered an indicator species and ecosystems that support a large number of snow leopards are believed to be healthy.

LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 18: A snow leopard eats treats at the Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens on December 18, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. A pair of rare snow leopard cubs and their mother were given Christmas packages containing treats and cardboard cutout decorations to investigate as part of the zoo Behavioral Enrichment program, which uses the natural behaviors of animals to keep them active and healthy. The cubs were born at the zoo on May 26 to a cat named Asia. Native to remote high mountains in Asia, only about 5,000 to 7,000 snow leopards are believed to remain in the wild. The cats can tolerate temperature extremes ranging from 40 degrees below zero Farenheit to as high as 104 degrees. They can leap 45 feet and kill prey that is two- to three-times their size. Snow leopards are at the top of the food chain. They are considered an indicator species and ecosystems that support a large number of snow leopards are believed to be healthy.

A coati tries to get into a wrapped parcel containing food during a photocall in its enclosure at London Zoo, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009.

A ring-tailed coati hunts for a treat hidden inside a Christmas cracker in its enclosure at the London Zoo, in London December 17, 2009.

A meerkat hunts for a treat hidden inside a Christmas cracker in an enclosure at the London Zoo, in London December 17, 2009.

A meerkat tries to eat meal worms stuffed inside a Christmas cracker at London Zoo, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009.

A meerkat hunts for a treat hidden inside a Christmas cracker in its enclosure at the London Zoo, in London December 17, 2009.

Meerkats hunt for treats hidden inside Christmas crackers in their enclosure at the London Zoo, in London December 17, 2009.

A meerkat stands near a Christmas cracker stuffed with meal worms during a photocall at London Zoo, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009.

Maybe the next bunny/pancake pic? :rofl:

A capybara sits inside a hot tub with a cabbage leaf on its head at the Saitama Children's Zoo in Higashimatsuyama, north of Tokyo December 11, 2009. The zoo offers the "hot spa" to its family of capybara, the largest living rodent in the world, in the winter season to entertain zoo visitors. Cabbage is given to the capybaras as feed.

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