Last week I took a trip to the Nashville Zoo. It had really been too long, two months since I had seen the little baby clouded leopards. They have gotten so big and the girl has already left for her new home at the National Zoo in Washington DC. She is going there to get acquainted with the baby clouded leopard cubs born this year as possible mates. So it is just Luke and Chet. I wonder if they miss their sister? Here are some photos of the cubs along with some of my other friends who were out enjoying the warm, autumn air one afternoon last week. Another interesting thing while I was at the zoo this particular afternoon: I witnessed three separate scuffles. Two meerkats were at it, two lorikeets were at it and two of the gibbons were at it.
Such a beautiful face.
Big...yyyyyyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwnnnnnnnnn.....prrrrrrrrr....
What's that I see over there?
Handsome profile!
The boys kept looking up... there was a squirrel tormenting them.
Relaxing.
This is from the creek that runs through the Gibbons exhibit. I like the reflections.
The meerkat.
Silly goat.
Gotee.
Mr. Giraffe.
Knobby knees.
I cannot remember the name of this bird, he/she is related to the roadrunner and makes a really cool coo sound.
This guy was beautiful when he spread his wings... too fast and I was too occupied with the thought of lorikeets running into me. 
Lorikeets.
Two more of one of the boys.
