Cub benefits from Zoo director’s hospitality

by Meg on June 30, 2008

According to BBC, Behbeh cubbersons "Zara" was born to a young and inexperienced Ma who wasn’t sure how to take care of her. At under three pounds, this cub woulda died if it weren’t a certain Linton Zoo Director. Eventually, this cub will be set loose in Uganda, but in the meantime, "Arnie" the cat is getting his snorgle on.

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Mer…ALGH, Stephanie N.!

{ 34 comments }

1 BeanSidhe 06.30.08 at 1:08 am

The little smoochie is the best part.
Cubbie is all “Get the camera out of mah face or I shall eat you when I get bigger. Yes I will.”

2 Lori 06.30.08 at 1:26 am

OMG I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVES IT! WHOOOOO!

3 Lori 06.30.08 at 1:27 am

PONIES!!11!!!

4 berthaservant 06.30.08 at 1:29 am

Marmies save the world.

5 BeanSidhe 06.30.08 at 1:32 am

BerthaS, have you given in to the Call Of The Marmies?

6 chanpon 06.30.08 at 1:39 am

I loves it. Arnie getting fresh with Zara!

7 jmuhj 06.30.08 at 1:41 am

Boath ar sew preshuss! Hoap boath hav lawng hapii saif laivz!

8 Costume jewelry collector 06.30.08 at 1:55 am

This is simply adorable. Thanks for posting this! I absolutely adore cats, and know they can be just as loving as dogs.

9 AuntieMame 06.30.08 at 1:55 am

Heh. Arnie, you old dog!

10 Yaypandas 06.30.08 at 1:58 am

Ahhh this is such a cute picture!

11 kar 06.30.08 at 2:01 am

Zoological issue: Is this really “kittens” or does this fall under “interspecies snorgling?”

12 Metz 06.30.08 at 2:22 am

awww, that is so squeet!
I can almost feel the whisker kisses.
(goes to snorgle own kitterz)

13 harlemgrrl 06.30.08 at 2:30 am

romancing an exchange student. classic.

14 Catsquatch 06.30.08 at 2:52 am

PASICKIE!!!!

EHN!!!!

(why oh why cant I stick my hand into my computer and pet what I see?)

15 berthaservant 06.30.08 at 3:43 am

I have heard the call, but I have not answered.

16 shaz2 06.30.08 at 3:53 am

Zara already knows how to be coy and blasé about the attention! Look at that expression! In her little head, she’s thinking, “This is no less than I deserve! Look and learn, y’all…”

And Arnie is sooo sweet.

and very funny about the exchange student. :)

17 Foxfier 06.30.08 at 4:00 am

Um….Am I the only one scared for the folks in Uganda?

A big cat who equates humans with food and mama?

18 Minya 06.30.08 at 4:03 am

Kitteh is all “I lof you, let me wheesper sweet nothingks to you”.

19 Subhangi 06.30.08 at 5:35 am

Interspecies snorglingk? Not quite. Same genus, atleast.

20 hon glad 06.30.08 at 5:45 am

Hiya cousin, nice to see you.

21 Rory 06.30.08 at 7:59 am

I love the expression on the cub’s face. It reminds me of my brother when my grandmother used to kiss him.

22 Rory 06.30.08 at 8:00 am

I love the expression on the cub’s face. It reminds me of my brother when my grandmother used to kiss him.

23 nikkiemeh 06.30.08 at 9:51 am

I love it…That was sooooooooooo cute :-p

24 Katrina 06.30.08 at 10:48 am

Berthaservant-
Kitty-hai may call you,
any night, any day,
‘here am I, your specialmarmie, come away, away’

I’m really not helping, am I?

25 Theresa 06.30.08 at 10:52 am

Arnie has the same expresh as the little kissing luv-owl in this pic:
http://mfrost.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/06/23/whisperingks.jpg

26 Wicked 06.30.08 at 10:58 am

Thanks. Am dead. Bossman also says thank you for my blasting out his eardreams from my squeeing before my brain imploded.

27 Kris 06.30.08 at 11:49 am

Adorable!!!

28 Kris 06.30.08 at 11:50 am

Speaking of cublets, if you haven’t stopped by the Cub Cam lately, they are getting really playful. Looks like they’ve moved again to the other side of the enclosure. http://atvs.vg.no/player/?id=16995

29 Lurker 06.30.08 at 12:02 pm

Thus bolstering my theory that a red cat will mother anything if given half a chance.

30 ThreeCatNight 06.30.08 at 1:12 pm

I do appreciate the attention, but I wish he’d use Altoids!

31 Ray 06.30.08 at 5:21 pm

Aww!
That just made my afternoon a little brighter =3

32 Noelle 06.30.08 at 5:36 pm

Kris…thanks for posting the link to the cubcam, I missed it the first time around and have been frantically searching for it. I do make regular visits to the black footed ferret cam though. Adorable little ferret baby!

33 Janeyferr 07.01.08 at 9:42 pm

they’re talking about this on the local news (the zoo is about 5 miles from my house) and about how the cub will be off to Uganda when he’s bigger.

i think i need to go a’visitin’ the zoo

34 Nicolo 07.02.08 at 1:42 am

What does it take to tame a wild lion? It takes nothing less than a Marmie called Arnie!

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