It has been decided, the baby anteater's name will be Cyrano!
He's grown a bit since a month ago!
The little guy was born at the National Zoo on March 13, 2009. They get carried around on mommy's back for the first few months.
This is the mommy eating some peanut butter out of the keeper's hand.
This little guy is about 4 months old. Check out the little horns.
All grown up, they look like this.
And debuting on the blog for the first time, the Giant Anteater!
Here's Wicket trying to get at a single grape that was in his food dish..
These guys really need something better to chew on..
They wiggle their tails when they walk around...
This otter was swimming around and kicking off of the glass to do backflips. The kids seemed to like it.
Gray seals coming up on molting season I guess. I should go check them out when they're dry and see if they're really fuzzy.
A few more posts in the coming days! And oh yeah, a new logo thingy.
Wagu passed away yesterday at the ripe old age of 3 years old. Wagu, short for Wagner and named after Richard Wagner was the big sister of Nini (short for Friedrich Nietzsche). Yes, the sisters were both named after great men. She was a good little friend, and hung in there rather well after her sister died last summer. I will pack a lunch for her, and tomorrow she will join her little sister once again. Goodbye Wagu, we will miss you.
Shama seems to be doing okay since they moved her brother out, although she's still pacing back and forth near the window.
Here is the new male red panda, Tate, who is destined to be Shama's new boyfriend. They seem to be getting along pretty well for the most part, even though they still get into little scuffles over food.
Tate just kept eating the entire time, but Shama went to sleep..
One of the gorillas just had a baby a few weeks ago.
She was holding it pretty closely so it was hard to get a picture.
Here's one of the keepers playing a game with the daddy, the big silverback male.
A keeper playing with one of the orangutans.
Wicket was said to be leaving soon so that the zoo could bring in a mate for Shama. Well Wicket is still there, but quarantined in a little enclosure behind the Small Mammals House. He looked lonely.
Shama in her yard:
Wicket all alone on a rock..
Sleeping on his tail..
