Seduced by a cougar

After the wallabies, there was a presentation in one of the enclosures. They came out with an adorable cougar/puma/mountain lion kitten. There was first a brief, general introduction, then each party were allowed a minute or two with the animal, who throughout seemed a lot more interested in tearing the heads off his toys than being petted by humans.

All pics here.

Me scratching, the cougar completely ignoring me in favor of his toy monkey.


t'was his favorite toy.


So cuuuuute.


He'll grow up to become a big 'un, but basically he's just a cat.