interesting animals

I think most ZooChatters get annoyed about the focus zoos place on a few charismatic species, which is why we complain about "ABC animals" and also why I just got defensive when Batto called me out for not taking time to sit and wait for snakes to move (and I'm still not going to do that), but I...

So I'm thinking about how despite the fact that I usually don't care about big cats, apes and Old World monkeys or hoofstock, I have a number of exceptions. Usually the exceptions are because the animals are A. small and cute, B. weird in some fashion, or C. both. First I'll note that the only...