Friday, January 18, 2008
Zoo News: Snow Leopards
Check out the Dakota Zoo's new "big cat" exhibit!
There's Jerry the zoo's first snow leopard. Jerry is originally from the LA Zoo ( so he's probably a diva) and weighs in at 90 pounds. But to keep Jerry company are also two new mountain lion cubs about five months old.
The new Siberian Tiger/Snow Leopard Exhibit will cost about 1.2 million! All that money is going to make sure that visitors can see the big cats up as close as possible while not alarming them. Their enclosure will be about 30,000 square feet and will have specially-designed rocks, logs, and filtered pools and a private den area.
Hmmm, wonder what they're gonna do in there?
Click here to find out what else the Dakota Zoo has in store, and click here to make a donation (Remember it's tax deductible!!).
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big cats,
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