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These are sand cat kittens, with their mom Rotem, at the Zoological Center of Tel Aviv, where they were born three weeks ago. The species is native to deserts in parts of Africa and Asia, but appears to have become extinct in the wild in Israel during the 1990s. Sand cats are becoming increasingly rare in the wild, which is mostly due to loss of ( Read more... )

This time it's Cassandraterra's fault.

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That's my story, anyway. And I'm sticking to it.

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Koko is a forty-one-year-old lowland gorilla who has been communicating through sign language since she was a baby. She likes to keep kittens as her pets, and has had several over the years.

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Today I got an email newsletter from the San Diego Global Wildlife Conservancy, regarding Bai Yun's sixth cub, born at the San Diego Zoo on July 29 2012. (My initial post about it is hereThe cub is a month old now. Its sex can't be determined yet and it is still unnamed. (In accordance with Chinese tradition, pandas don't get their names until they ( Read more... )

Actually, I-want-2 started it. Take this, kid!

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From an entry at randompictures.

( Look who's all set for winter! )