{"id":258,"date":"2008-07-30T13:41:20","date_gmt":"2008-07-30T11:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/boblets.wordpress.com\/?p=258"},"modified":"2011-09-02T12:33:47","modified_gmt":"2011-09-02T10:33:47","slug":"threatened-by-extinction-the-nordic-ark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/barebente.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/threatened-by-extinction-the-nordic-ark\/","title":{"rendered":"Threatened by extinction \u2013 the nordic ark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/boblets.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/07\/img_1674aw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-242 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/boblets.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/07\/img_1674aw.jpg?w=480\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a>I took a trip to the zoo. And was reminded of how annoying humans are.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Just a hop, skip and jump over the border is a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nordensark.se\/\">zoo<\/a> dedicated to species threatened by extinction. Admittedly, I was most excited about the big cats, and though not my favourite pasttime &#8211; to google caged animals &#8211; well. There is something about big cats.<br \/>\nBut I would happily have someone cage all the people there, and certainly the children. Screaming, running, throwing pebbles at the animals, I was tempted to throw them in with the panthers. Add their parents, for good measure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/boblets.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/07\/img_1647w.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/boblets.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/07\/img_1647w.jpg\" alt=\"otters are the best\" width=\"560\" height=\"358\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I love otters- they are the best. Lively, curious, playful, funny.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/boblets.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/07\/img_1662aw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/boblets.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/07\/img_1662aw.jpg\" alt=\"I want to be an otter in my next life\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And people have no patience. To see the snow leopard, you need to stand still for a long, long time, waiting for it to swish it&#8217;s tail and show you where it is hiding.<br \/>\nThere is one in this picture, in fact it is a mother with two cubs. See if you can find it..<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/boblets.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/07\/img_1666w.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/boblets.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/07\/img_1666w.jpg\" alt=\"find the snow lepard\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>big cat here somewhere..<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/boblets.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/07\/img_1667w.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/boblets.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/07\/img_1667w.jpg\" alt=\"getting closer\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/boblets.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/07\/img_1668w.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/boblets.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/07\/img_1668w.jpg\" alt=\"there it is - \" width=\"480\" height=\"352\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Beautiful animals. I was a little disappointed that I couldn&#8217;t see the european wild cat or the lynx &#8211; I stood and stared for ages &#8211; but it makes sense. It is perfectly adapted to be invisible in the swedish woods.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/boblets.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/07\/img_1542aw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/boblets.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/07\/img_1542aw.jpg\" alt=\"the lesser panda - if that isn't gorgeous.\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>the lesser panda &#8211; if that isn&#8217;t gorgeous<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/boblets.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/07\/img_1630aw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/boblets.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/07\/img_1630aw.jpg\" alt=\"wolverine \" width=\"560\" height=\"363\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>wolverine &#8211; beautiful carnivore<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/boblets.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/07\/img_1576aw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/boblets.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/07\/img_1576aw.jpg\" alt=\"ibis \" width=\"480\" height=\"391\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>ibis<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/boblets.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/07\/img_1558aw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/boblets.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/07\/img_1558aw.jpg\" alt=\"prezewalski horse - the last wild ones\" width=\"480\" height=\"405\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">prezewalski horse &#8211; the only wild horses left<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I took a trip to the zoo. 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