Last month, two very special visitors came to the Smithsonian Zoo in Washington, DC. Giant pandas Bao Li and Qing Bao have been settling into their new home, doing all the panda things their caregivers want to see: eating, exploring, and rolling around.
Pandas
Links: Um, Because He’s Cute?
Neuroscientist adopts cat, man beats the crowds for shelter dog, pandas have a party, capy takes a bath, and more.
That one orange brain cell is in good hands now.
A neuroscientist adopted this cat for the best reason
GeoBeats / YouTube, via Skimpy and A9
And aye-YEE would walk eight hundred miles, and aye-EEE would walk eight hundred more…
Cat travels nearly 800 miles back home to CA after going missing
ABC 7, via NTMTOM
Waiter! More bamboo!
Four Pandas Steal The Show With Cute Picnic At Zoo’s Mid-Autumn Festival
Bored Panda, via NTMTOM
Some guys show up early to buy a TV, and then there’s this guy.
Man Arrives Hours Early to Shelter to Adopt Dog He Bonded with
People, via NTMTOM
And save him they did.
They Show Up at the Door with Kitten, Desperate to Save Him
Love Meow, via Andrew Y.
And finally: Brain Washing
Andrew Y. shares this contented capy.
Links: Shaken, Not Purred
Cat enjoys cocktails, dog rescued from wall, man meets mouse, playful panda, and more.
Excuse me, that’s MEOWtini.
Cat Loves His Nightly Happy Hour with His Own Cat-Friendly Cocktails and Martinis
Cole & Marmalade, via NTMTOM
… and then on Tuesdays we have shuffleboard…
Elderly Cats In This Retirement Village Get To Socialize
Bored Panda, via NTMTOM
Mighty man meets mini mouse, melts.
Man does sweetest thing for lonely street mouse
GeoBeats / YouTube, via Karen F.
And finally: How, Indeed
I think we’ve all asked ourselves this question, Andrew Y.