Snowy Saturday

Kitties!

No, it's not snowing here in the desert, but there was plenty of snow at the zoo in Ranua (Finland) when Mommy visited.  She saw all sorts of interesting animals!  Unfortunately, it was so overcast that the lighting wasn't very good for photos...but it IS what these animals are used to in nature, so keep in mind how well they are camouflaged with their surroundings.

A Snowy owl.  He was HUGE.  Mommy was amazed!

Reindeer--not the one that provided our cozy hide. 

Polar bear.

He looks small there, right?

Check out how big they REALLY are!

(Mommy is 5' 2" or 158 cm)

These critters were the wildest of the bunch:

Mommy's pal Hayley and her son Noah, who were wonderful company for the trip.  Mommy had a great time at the zoo, and it was especially pleasurable seeing it with a little boy's perspective--she says "Thank you" for giving her a fabulously fun day!

Happy Saturday!

XX  The Katnip Lounge  XX

Vishus Vednesday

Kitties!

We take everything back.

Everything, that is, that we said was awful about Mommy leaving us, because we are just lucky she's ALIVE.

We all know that deer are vishus and on the lookout to eat tender young joosey kittehs, right?

Do you see what's in the background?

Kitties, it's creatures even MORE vishus...

MOOSE...

...and it tried to eat our Mommy!

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Although, on second thought, Mommy's pretty tough and stringy (and old)...maybe she was safe, after all.

In any case, we'd advise all of your peeps to beware of potentially vishus mooses if they ever visit the Ranua zoo in Lapland.  Because you just never know...

Happy Wednesday!

XX  The Kats  XX

ZOOsday!

Kitties!

Mommy and the Grandpeeps went to the Tucson Zoo.

They had a wonderful time--there were lots of visitors, especially families with kids learning all about different animals and their habitats.  The animals looked fat, sassy, and happy; and several of the exhibits had been recently remodeled and expanded.

Here's a few phone photos:

A white peacock.  Do you think he has any dark meat?

Mommy was astounded at how big the rhinoceros was...and this one was a female!  The male is even bigger.

Rhino 'tocks!

These macaws were preening each others bottoms!

(Please excuse our Mommy, she has a butt obsession, apparently.)

Can you guess what THIS is?

An ostrich!

They are HUGE.  It would take a while to eat the whole thing.  Srsly.

There were five elephants--they are all related females. 

 The one in the middle is a baby, and the one on the right is a juvenile.

These two were the oldest, and clearly ruled the herd!

The tigers were snoozing...the little boy in the photo was there with his brothers, and Mommy noticed that they read every single placard at each exhibit, which made her very happy.

The flamingos had their feather all ruffled!  Do you see the flamingo chick in the center left?  (He's the gray puffball--you may need to embiggen.) One of the adults was picking on him and his parents got all up in that bully's stuff, defending their young 'un.

The next time your peeps call you "Nosy", just show 'em the anteater!

ACK!  Escaped Snake!

Not really, he's a sculpture.

Did we scare you?

Mommy's favorite animal of all was the black panther, naturally.

No worries here!

We hope you enjoyed the Zoo.

Happy Tuesday!

XX  Mommy and The Kats  XX