Opinions, Reviews, & Musings of the ZooKeeper
Click Here to Watch The Video: “Once Again, It’s Maru: No Box Is Too Small” Maru is such an adorable cat. And Big! I wonder how a Scottish Fold would get along with the rest of the menagerie here, as my husband now wants one, since watching videos of Maru. This is a short video, […]
Click Here to Watch The Video: “Here Kitty, Kitty. Small And Adorable, Baby Snow Leopards At Zoo Basel” Last April, Basel Zoo announced the birth of three Snow Leopard cubs. This week, they released video of the three cubs coming out of the den for the first time. The mother, Mayhan, has kept them secluded […]
Click Here to Watch The Video: “Playful Otter, Clown Prince Of The Animal Kingdom” Sorry. This video is no longer available. This is one of those cute videos that produces a feel good moment. Our ‘hero’ has chosen a good-sized rock to play with. You can hear people in the background, and the clip is […]
Click Here to Watch The Video: “Meet Maru, A Scottish Fold Male Cat Living In Japan” There are a lot of online videos of cats. Yet every now and then, one cat stands above the rest. Maru is such a cat. He lives in Japan with his owner who is generous enough to share Maru […]
Click Here to Watch The Video: “Playful Otters At The San Diego Zoo” Otters are fascinating creatures. I could spend an entire day at the zoo just watching their antics: the way they interact with each other, other animals, and with people. This video shows a little boy, maybe 4 or 5, who has attracted […]
Click Here to Watch The Video: “Maternal Instinct: The Bond Between Mother And Child” Cuteness alert! I know we humans like to assign our own emotions to the actions of our pets. But this short video shows that some emotions are instinctive and universal. This mama cat is sleeping with her kitten, and has her […]
Click Here to Watch The Video: “Unlikely Friends, The Cat And The Dolphins” I found this video when it first went up on Youtube, and bookmarked it to add here the following day. But when the next day came, the video had been pulled due to copyright issues. When I found the current listing, I […]
Click Here to Watch The Video: “Baby Giraffe Comes Out To Play For The First Time” On April 2, 2011, the Cincinnati Zoo celebrated the birth of their first baby giraffe born at the zoo in over 25 years. Little Zuri is now one month old, and able to go outside with her mom, Tessa. […]
Angels We Have Heard On High I thought I’d share some of the photos I’ve taken of my Christmas Angels. After all, Christmas will be here before you know it, or at least before you’re ready. The truth is out. I like to collect things. And among the things I like to collect are Christmas […]