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Baby deer faces off with lion at National Zoo

Posted Nov 11th, 2009 at 11:00 AM and seen
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Visitors to Washington DC’s National Zoo witnessed nature in action up-close recently after a baby deer hopped into the lion enclosure. One of the lions took a swat and frolicked after the panicked deer until Bambi took a dive in to the moat surrounding the big cat pen. Onlookers cheered “go go go,” rooting on the side of the little deer.

Zoo keepers lured the lions inside before coming to the aid of the injured deer. Sadly, after assessing the deer’s condition, veterinarians decided to euthanize the animal.

Tons of zoology tidbits.

 Annie Colbert

Comments (4)

Nov 11, 2009
Annie Colbert said...
Most folks only see any type of cat hunting when Fluffy goes berserk over an errant fly.
Nov 11, 2009
Mark Lincoln said...
I used to work at Chester Zoo in the UK. Two swans landed in the lion enclosure and the lions started to tear them apart. A horrified crowd had gathered and people started to look at me saying "Are you gonna get in there and do something about that?"

Er ... no! Would you?

Nov 12, 2009
theRamenNoodle said...
"Sadly, after assessing the deer’s condition, veterinarians decided to euthanize the animal." … After which, they fed the baby dear back to the lion. :P
Nov 24, 2009
gavinbeqtr said...
You will be sad to here that a young elephant passed away at Chester Zoo after developing a virus. We were down on holiday from Scotland, staying at one of the Ramada hotels in Chester, when we had taken the kids to the Zoo as a holiday treat - but me and my partner over heard the news, poor thing. The kids did not know anything so they had a great time. Apart from that I would still recommend the Zoo to anyone who loves animals.

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