Wordless Wednesday

It's still 'Tocktober

Finally we're posting our 'tock pictures in honour of Derby's birthday.

Chilli's silky and slender 'tocks.
Siena's floofy 'tocks. See last year's 'tocks.

And a bonus: Elephant's 'tocks! (Yep, mom's been at the zoo again.)

Derby's mom is going to donate some green papers to Derby's old shelter for every 'tock picture that is posted this month. So why not have a considerable 'Tocktoberfest?
Purrs, Siena & Chilli

Tapir Tuesday

Mom showed us pictures of this most peculiar animal.

Do you know what it is?

It's a Lowland Tapir!

She says she's sorry for him as he seems to be a bit lonely. He's always pacing around restlessly in his enclosure at our local zoo. She saw him enjoying scritches from his keeper once. Someone told her that he's a bit feisty though and has a reputation for biting. He shares his enclosure with two of these Capybara and they had to change them six times until they found a combination that worked out. We really wonder what's next. After showing us birds that can carry off cats mom pointed at these animals saying they are rodents. They are huge! The female has an average weight of 60 kg. We certainly wouldn't go near them.

What really struck us about the Tapir was his voice. Check out this lengthy video of him doing some sort of Kneippism, stopping to smell his own poo floating in the water and then doing his sound when he gets out of it. You'll be amazed.
Purrs, Siena & Chilli

It's all in us

Hi furriends, Chilli here.

The humans went to the zoo today. Mom kept annoying the other type of human with screaming "Oh, look! Look! Just like Siena/Chilli/the girls!" at every step. That got me thinking that we must be the perfect animals.

We combine the playfulness of these otter......with the nosiness of the suricate,

... being a Drama Queen comes as naturally to us as to this asiatic black bear...

... and we love to climb trees like the cute red panda.

Just like the lion we know how to take it easy - especially after a good meal.

We are incredibly cute like these ducklings when we are kitten. And I may remind efurryone that I'm the only kitten left in this house!

And if Siena doesn't stop shedding she will look like this bactrian camel soon. Hahahaha! One thing for sure though: We smell a lot better than any of these animals!
You can still vote for Siena in the Tussle of the Tail Plumes! And did you see that our newly turned ladycat had her first kiss today? Woohooo!
Purrs to efurryone,
Chilli