More from my trip to the Conservation Research Center…. I saw Red Pandas. These rare little guys are just beautiful and so sweet looking.
It would be hard to resist those cute little faces. They look nothing like the pandas you normally think of at the national zoo.
I saw the Przewalski Horse, the last of the wild horses and on the red list for endangered species. Much more info on them can be found at this National Zoo Link.
I also saw some very lazy cheetahs.
They were enjoying the first bit of nice weather in awhile so they wouldn’t even get up….just laid there and swished their long tails around…three beautiful, but lazy, boys.
Then I saw a Ferret. Look closely in the black tube. His little head is poking out. He’s very shy. These guys are being reintroduced to the wild.
And then I saw the strangest thing….Maned Wolves. They have a fox looking face and a hyena looking back-end. Very odd when they got up and walked around with very long legs.
Aren’t they funny looking? They were enjoying the sunshine that day too and were pretty lazy laying there. But one did get up and you could see the strange legs and their funny gait.
Once again, many thanks to Jessica for inviting me. A private tour of such a magnificent place is a rare and much appreciated opportunity. I would hope that given the chance people will come up and see what interesting and important work the folks at the CRC are doing. I know they have an open house in the Fall. Make a point to go.
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