• A kiss for that little lovely creature. Zoo is horrible, animal prison. - The Little Oyster

Ruth the Red Panda (Firecat)

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Red panda (firecat), Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. She was all alone when I shot this, but has since gotten a new playmate, Gordie. They seem to be taking well to each other. :)

Explore #473, 11-18-06

Update 9-18-07!! - Ruthie gave birth to a single cub on June 17, 2007! Apparently she and her new playmate have gotten along quite well together :) Pics to come when the new baby emerges from the den, hopefully this month (Sept).

Comments and faves

  1. Ann's wild animals, ButterstickLover, *lluma2008, MyAngel 27, and 68 other people added this photo to their favorites.

  2. Ann's wild animals (79 months ago | reply)

    Linda ,this is Georgeous ! The clarity and all the details make that photo a wonderful image !

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  3. marc50 (79 months ago | reply)

    Beautiful. Love the eyes. The World Through My Eyes

  4. ButterstickLover (79 months ago | reply)

    Beautiful. I love it Linda.

  5. RottieLover♥ (79 months ago | reply)

    Very Cute! Great Shot!

  6. lavenderrose (79 months ago | reply)

    You found the red pandas!! Beautiful!

  7. Óli. (79 months ago | reply)

    what a Beautiful photo

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  8. (simmi) (79 months ago | reply)

    gorgeous!!
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  9. naturesbest (79 months ago | reply)

    Very nice photo and subject! The colors and detail are very nice.
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  10. carkins (79 months ago | reply)

    WINNER
    You are my winner as well!
    You deserve another one.
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    If I did not already love pandas, both colors (are there more?), I would now.

  11. MyAngel 27 (79 months ago | reply)

    Beautiful picture MLP!

  12. tammyjq41 (79 months ago | reply)

    This is awesome!!!!

  13. Anna Carvalho. (79 months ago | reply)

    Aww..... So lovely !!! =^^=
    Great shot !!! ;D
    kisses.

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  14. Tailer's Family - journeying! (79 months ago | reply)

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  15. tlmartinsr (79 months ago | reply)

    Adorable! Very interesting animal beautifully photographed!

    I saw this in Flickr Favorite Photographers

  16. bob2cleo (79 months ago | reply)

    congrats on "Explore- Pandas Unlimited" style! I've made this incredible photo "pic of the day" at PU.

  17. techmuse (79 months ago | reply)

    Absolutely adorable.......

  18. sapixie (79 months ago | reply)

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    Nice pic - so cute

  19. John Fredrik (79 months ago | reply)

    Beautiful composition. The colour and clarity are wonderful! I saw a few of these beauties at the Toronto Zoo earlier this week, and at the Shanghai and Dalian, China, zoos a few years ago.

  20. catbelly (79 months ago | reply)

    Beautiful picture - congrats on all the awards!!!

  21. Teb☆ (79 months ago | reply)

    Is adorable !

    beautiful caption

  22. Haddy Bello (78 months ago | reply)

    Que ternura!

  23. CharmDar (78 months ago | reply)

    Awww...What a cute critter. I have only seen one of these once at a Zoo in New York while visiting.

    (CMC)

  24. Doggies Are From Heaven (78 months ago | reply)

    What a beautiful animal. Absolutely stunning. So glad she got a playmate. Her life must be much happier now!
    (Comment On My Cuteness)

  25. aunqtunolosepas♥ (77 months ago | reply)

    Ruth is soooooo beautiful!!! Lovely lady! :D

  26. Spursgirl (74 months ago | reply)

    This is a gorgeous panda....and so cute!! Beautiful photo.

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  27. Jacques S G (71 months ago | reply)

    Nominee
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  28. ribizlifozelek (69 months ago | reply)

    Great portrait!

    I saw this in The Best of Your Best

  29. albertcampion (66 months ago | reply)

    people complain about zoos but i reckon you'd be lucky to photograph one of these in the wild

  30. sude15 (61 months ago | reply)

    Its a great photo..

  31. OrionSky (59 months ago | reply)

    so cute!!

  32. ClaudiaMarie (57 months ago | reply)

    these are the cutest little things!

  33. baron_von_case (45 months ago | reply)

    Looked up "cleveland" and found this. Thought it was wandering about downtown or something.

  34. BRC24 Studio (38 months ago | reply)

    a lovely little looking nanimal ^_^.

    Kind looks sad in this photo but at least she has a new playmate.

  35. artland (38 months ago | reply)

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called artland, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

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