Columbus May 28

I went with family members on an after-hours tour of the Columbus Zoo.

A moose, the largest deer, can fold itself pretty compactly.

A puma, probably Goldie or Poppy, one of three orphaned because of fires in California in 2020.

A pallas' cat, or manul, pauses during scratching.

A markhor makes a leap.

Splooting, red panda style

Katy, a koala mom

Katy and Kora

Manul

The manul, or Pallas' cat, is one of the smallest wild cats.Three were born at the Columbus Zoo in 2022, and I found the two sisters playing February 23.

This is part of their habitat. I didn't know what they were looking at.

Some sisterly grooming...

... followed by hunting-bite practice.

There was a lot of practicing that day.

To me, the one on the left looks like part of a painting in which the artist blended the cat with the background.