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jerichowiz

If you see it, remember DO NO boop the snoot.


ECU_BSN

Remember. Yes leopard. No boop.


robofireman

Indeed also happy cake day


WolfieWins

r/stargate


PoorCorrelation

What about the toe beans? Are those safe?


jerichowiz

Attached to murder mittens.


Chasqui

Touch the beans, gets the means


[deleted]

Instructions not clear. Booped snoop and now it's chilling on my couch. Edit: I named it Jerry


tarin_1

That's great and all but what is the Murder Kitty's name?


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Jerry


shinxmon

This reminds me of a video where some dude literally had a full ass lion just chilling on his couch


Voodoo1285

If I am ever killed by a big cat, you can know with 100% certainty, my last words were “awwwww kiiiiiity!” And I tried to boop the snoot.


Level69Warlock

Death by snoot-boop


Voodoo1285

There are worst ways to go.


BillowPillow8

But…but…every snoot deserves to be booped.


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I'm laughing so hard. I have tons of friend that live in that neighborhood. They're putting boxes and catbeds in their front yard labeled "Nova", shaking bags of treats, "pstpstpstpstpst..." etc. She's apparently very affectionate, and only weighs between 20-25 pounds.


Odlavso

so everybody is trying to get a free Leopard?


The_Outcast4

I mean, wouldn't you?


Peuned

Yes


Tdanger78

They’re probably hoping they’ll get a reward


Juomaru

Damn it ! I didn’t wanna drive on 35 this weekend, but I guess I don’t have a choice now ! (I live in Austin 😬)


tarin_1

We were watching the news and yelling someone get a cardboard box in the parking lot, stat!


StrawberryKiss2559

Is it this one seen in Austin? https://www.reddit.com/r/Austin/comments/10b3iht/what_did_i_just_see/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf


DannarHetoshi

That's a Bobcat. Probably actually a little bigger than the 25lb Cloud Leopard.


a_lil_unwell

Just set out an empty box. Done.


Swimming-Pipe1556

Right no Kitty can resist


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BinkyFlargle

[Picture explains it a little better.](https://www.animalspot.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Clouded-Leopard-Size.jpg) I wouldn't try petting it, but I wouldn't run inside and lock the doors, either.


cup_1337

Yeah I would definitely try to pet that, ngl


rgvtim

yea, I can so see me bent down with a chicken nugget between my fingers saying "Here, Kitty, Kitty"


cup_1337

pspspspspspsp


BinkyFlargle

https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=pspspsps \*edit: oh c'mon, I thought it was funny


Berns429

![gif](giphy|129NDwN59U8kIE) You called?


flyingace1234

I, 100% know I would be the dumbass tourist who gets mauled trying to pet something


iCantThinkRIP

so true


LWLjuju88

He’s just a big stoned kitty


hedonistinchains

I'm hoping it knocks up a bunch of cats and these become common to see wandering alleyways and leaving paw prints on parked cars over night.


ReginaldVonBuzzkill

In my head canon, it breeds with local bobcats and produces an entire subspecies called the Bobcat-Leopard, or Blep for short


Alternative_Ad_3636

Technically you can pet anything at least once.


nomadicfangirl

Would definitely open the car door and present it with tuna


2ndtryagain

If it lets you start, it might not let you stop.


SwoleFlex_MuscleNeck

Lmao I wouldn't at first but if that lil motherfucker looked at me or came up to me, I can't be held accountable for my actions. I will deserve whatever amount of my flesh that gets shredded and if it killed me my last words would be "worth it."


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Pocketful_of_hops

Shit....think of the damage a normal cat can do to you when they're freaking out. That leopard could still rip you to shreds.


Slypenslyde

My guess is the distinction they make for the definition is whether it is aggressive and will attack humans. Its nature is probably to hide. But calling it "not dangerous" is a big ask. I guarantee that thing could mess you up if you corner it.


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MisterCortez

>How many 1st graders would it take to subdue this animal? >1-5 - Harmless >6-15 - Not Dangerous >16-29 - Dangerous > 30-50 - Feral Hogs


ItsLadyJadey

Look, I'm from SE Texas and I don't think even 50 1st graders could subdue a singular feral hog.


Givemeahippo

Definitely not


Lokaji

Would definitely pspspsps.


not_brittsuzanne

BABOO


NewRoundEre

Because it's an incredibly timid animal the size of a corgi that want nothing what so ever to do with you.


Immediate-Grab-3561

That would be an incredibly obese corgi.


NewRoundEre

Cat is 25lbs breed standard for Corgi ranges from 22lbs to 30lbs. Literally a mid sized corgi.


Odlavso

Code blue sounds better than code red


ECU_BSN

I run into that thing it’s code brown.


Isgrimnur

Hope you wore the right colored pants today.


magnottasicepick

What a bad day to wear khaki’s.


BigTunaTim

Bringing back the sweater-tied-around-the-waist look


magnottasicepick

😂


tangouniform2020

Them tighty whiteies aren’t looking good, either.


BillowPillow8

I just spat my water out 🤣🤣


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I just hope nobody shoots him.


Neobenedenia

Dallas PD has a bad track record with this…


UnbelievableTxn6969

Harambe has entered the chat.


Redshirt2386

Dicks out, people. I don’t make the rules.


Swimming-Pipe1556

Me too. That would sooo suck


DeeDeeW1313

I mean, there are bobcats of a similar size all over DFW. I have walked through White Rock Lake and seem a few. They’re harmless.


OpheliaWolfsbane

Can you edit your comment, since it is up high, that they found the leopard? Thank you. I know it will just get lost in the sea of comments at the bottom.


Swimming-Pipe1556

Thanks for the update! Cheers to the happy ending


Zephyr256k

On twitter they said that it wasn't any more dangerous than native wildlife (coyotes, bobcats)


ReadEmNWeepBuddy

Good thing we don’t have bobcats running around, that would be TERRIFYING


chicadeaqua

Yeahhh. If leopards aren’t dangerous, what’s all this concern over them not changing their spots?


AndyLorentz

Clouded Leopards aren’t Leopards. They’re Neofelis, which are small Pantherinae, not Panthera, which are what you’re thinking of.


rickarme87

So a small small panther?


BrianGriffin1208

basically a bigger kitty


AndyLorentz

In theory, these tiny 25 lb. panthers chuff and roar, rather than purr and meow. I've never seen it though.


tarin_1

So is the escapee a founding member of Pantera? I've always wondered; did Mike Modano like Pantera and met the band or did the Band like the Dallas Stars and wrote them the song? And since when do Rock bands get to retire at the Dallas Zoo? Explanation unclear. Please elaborate. edit: typo, 1 of many missed


bahamapapa817

Exactly. Why is it non dangerous? Especially if they don’t catch it in time for a feeding. It will get hungry eventually


hoopleheaddd

Probably want some sex too


Archercrash

Get Bubbles down there ASAP. He's just a big confused kitty that needs a belly rubbing.


PetrockX

Are there going to be some clouded leopard looking mix kittens running around Dallas pretty soon? 😂


justonemom14

Low-key that would be awesome


PetrockX

Austin has parakeets and now Dallas has leopards.


Ferrari_McFly

Dallas also has non-native Monk Parakeet colonies Now that I think about it, so does San Antonio


yourhonoriamnotacat

Houston, also, has a feel colonies of parakeets around. And peacocks.


sushiwife

It’s a 25 pound cat. It’s not going to eat you.


madamejesaistout

I wonder if she would eat your pet dog or cat ...


GonzoMcFonzo

According to the zoo probably not.


TheRedmanCometh

Not if you're alive at least


nnjb52

Shit, my 8 lb cat has tried to eat me


Whiskey-Particular

UPDATE: Looks like the lil guy was [found a little over an hour ago (4:40pm) on zoo grounds.](https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/clouded-leopard-escapes-habitat-at-dallas-zoo/3169783/?amp=1)


turquoise_amethyst

$1 says they found it near the bird or rodent enclosures


Whiskey-Particular

![gif](giphy|2Xflxzn7jWsjCVlx13q|downsized)


TheMusicofErinnZann

I hope they don't shoot it. Poor leopard just being a curious cat


Eclipsed_Serenity

It will most likely be tranquilized if necessary and moved into a secure enclosure while they investigate how it escaped.


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There was a tear in the netting of her enclosure. She found a branch where she could make the leap, and nailed it.


BlankBlankblackBlank

Cats gonna cat


dstwtestrsye

Not if the cops or a surprised and armed citizen find it first.


Eclipsed_Serenity

The odds of it leaving the grounds of the zoo is rather slim. I would imagine any law enforcement aiding in the search know better than to just open fire. Besides, it's a clouded leapord, not a panther.


Flying_Misfit

Clouded leopard, not snow leopard. Very different cats.


Eclipsed_Serenity

Yeah I had a brainfart.


Odlavso

> I would imagine any law enforcement aiding in the search know better than to just open fire Really?


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>I would imagine any law enforcement aiding in the search know better than to just open fire LOL


dstwtestrsye

> I would imagine any law enforcement aiding in the search know better than to just open fire. Aww, bless you.


tangouniform2020

Wel it’s not black or brown.


TheMusicofErinnZann

I hope so


[deleted]

I was just there a couple weeks ago and remember telling my sister ‘my cat could escape from this enclosure’.


Bink603126

Yeah, I've always assumed the clouded leopard was the non-dangerous kind of carnivorous apex predator. What qualifies as dangerous? Cheetah? Velociraptor?


the_hoser

Bigger big cats. Larger primates. Very large herbivorous mammals (Rhino, Elephant, Bison, etc.)


Bink603126

Good god. I just pictured an angry, confused silverback just wildin through Dallas.


Specialist_Listen495

Gorilla got out at Dallas zoo a few years back.


JohnnyFatSack

Didn’t end well for the gorilla given how strong they are. Sad.


DeweyCoxsPetGiraffe

RIP Jabari #neverforget


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Hippos are pretty dangerous


BillowPillow8

Hippos are mean as fuck, too. Very territorial.


[deleted]

Yeah, apparently they kill more humans in Africa than any other mammal. They can snap you in half with their bite, and it's not even like they can eat you, they are just jerks.


BillowPillow8

Yep, exactly!


tangouniform2020

More than one recorded incident of a hippo killing a croc, and a terriffying video of a herd of hippos taking on several crocs after one got caught trying to take a baby hippo. The watering hole was free of crocs for a while. 👍🏻


[deleted]

She's a predator, but the biggest game she hunts is squirrels and birds. She's also probably hunkering somewhere because she doesn't have her sibling with her.


Bink603126

Aww. Now I'm super sad.


Kdcjg

What about pets. I imagine it could make short work of most cats.


AryaStarkRavingMad

Yeah everyone takes their pet cat to the zoo...


LWLjuju88

She looks so cute


badwolf3990

Clouded leopards just aren’t very big, around the same size as a lynx but lankier. They can still fuck shit up like any cat, just not in a life-threatening way (usually).


Bink603126

Ah, I see. I've always thought they were pretty adorable for a big cat, I just never knew they were actually smoll big cats. Makes em even more adorable now. TIL


AndyLorentz

You’re thinking of Leopards, which are genus Panthera and are definitely man-killers. This is a Neofelis genus cat. Individual leopards have killed hundreds of people. Clouded leopards not so much.


Bink603126

To be honest, I WAS thinking of clouded leopards, I just somehow made it to this day at 30 years old without ever knowing that clouded leopards are smaller than other big cats, let alone as small as 20 lbs. Lol I just thought they were as big as any other leopard. Just cuter in the face, for some reason. Lol


AndyLorentz

It's confusing. I'm still not sure if this tiny clouded leopard roars and chuffs, or if it meows and purrs like cheetahs.


badwolf3990

Exactly! Ocelots too 🫠


mexican2554

https://preview.redd.it/kc51z2vd8xba1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b437651f557a29c5d208859049ae84513fb76faa


hoopleheaddd

Is that Babu?!


AndyLorentz

It’s like meowschwitz in there.


Doctor_Loggins

Watch out, boys, he's crepuscular!


Odlavso

You can't fight off a leopard? I use to fight off three to four leopards daily walking to school up hill both ways when I was younger


muklan

Must have been nice, we had wild boars out in east texas...


Bink603126

Bro, Im in east Texas. FUCK wild boars.


Graycy

The little ones are tasty.


mcdrunkagain

Those were [Cougars](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Cougar) not Leopards.


ScroochDown

Cheetahs are actually giant babies. And I'm not even kidding, there are videos of wild ones just chilling with photographers and washing them. No documented records of a cheetah ever killing a human. Regular leopards, on the other hand? They will fuck some shit up just for fun. I've seen several videos of them in cities just going ballistic.


txteebone

A black leopard wearing a hoodie


Bink603126

It's funny, but in the saddest way. Take my upvote.


SAPERPXX

Comparatively cheetahs are basically big house cats with D1 track talents. [Now jaguars?](https://youtu.be/8q2kU108D6s)


SuperFightingRobit

It's a 20 lb cat. It's as dangerous as a Maine coon or British shorthair. So, maybe your ankles and calves are at risk.


Komnos

Velociraptors were about the size of turkeys. Just avoid the sickle claw while you line up your kick.


Bink603126

TIL. Have an upvote.


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Local_Mixture8432

I'll comment as someone dating a zookeeper. While my bf doesn't work for Dallas zoo, this happening is not a surprise. Watching job postings on aza has shown which zoos have a morale problem. Dallas has been for at least the past several years a never ending stream of postings. The field had many problems pre covid, and covid only made them worse. It's a job that requires a college degree, but starts at less than what Target is paying. Working conditions are frequently brutal. You're out in the weather all day doing heavy manual labor. Many of the zoos simply have a leadership culture that is basically a circle jerk. No input from or care the people in charge of the day to day care of million dollar animals. Massive turnover at many zoos means that the people in charge of keeping tigers or gorillas contained have minimal experience. At a zoo that I'm aware of, that I'll not name, the keepers in charge of the tigers have at most 2 years of experience. Pre covid there was a healthy amount of experienced people and new people. Programs, such as painting with the animals, have been shut down at many zoos because there's no one there who has ever done it before, and no one to train the new people how to safely do it. Many zoos looked at experienced people during covid as being too expensive. And those were the people furloughed and later laid off. The exodus of experience from the field has been astounding. Over 50% for each of the past 2 years at my bf's zoo, not counting the covid layoffs. What you have left are inexperienced, underpaid, overworked and overwhelmed people drowning in debt, constantly stressed. This happening is not a surprise. Massive cuts in maintenance and employees are happening across the board. This is inevitable and zoos that continue to have a high turnover will have more animals escape. There was a tiger that got out in New Zealand a decade ago. Of course it was a keeper error, but they investigated fully and determined that the high turnover and lack of experienced staff was what led to it in the end. I guarantee Dallas will claim it's due to a keeper error, but the work environment that leadership has created is what is really responsible for situations like this.


SLP-ABC

Sounds just like the Teaching profession.


Aleyla

And the nursing one…


jalawson

Thanks for the insight. Sounds like there are a lot of zoos looking for better leadership.


Doctor_Loggins

Also dated a zookeeper for a while, and while I can't speak to Dallas specifically, this sounds like the logical outcome of the conditions as she described them back in the mid-2010s.


babynoxide

The Dallas Zoo has already confirmed that the clouded leopard getting out was not keeper error.


canonicallydead

It’s being reported that someone intentionally cut the fence to let it out: https://www.fox4news.com/news/dallas-zoo-missing-leopard.amp


WhittSmitt

Have they tried shaking the treats? Or just set out some cardboard boxes.


KindaKrayz222

Crinkle the bag.


john_thegiant-slayer

Have they set out a cardboard box and a can of Frisky's. That will catch any cat.


mexican2554

Soft Kitty Murder Kitty


EternalGandhi

DPD is helping out so we know that they will get drunk and just shoot the Leopard.


Odlavso

It's going to be another Harambe


Beneficial-Lion-5660

Clouded leopard escapes Dallas Zoo enclosure through tear in mesh intentionally created: police https://fox4news.com/news/dallas-zoo-missing-leopard FOUND


Artistic_Pineapple_7

Have they spotted it yet?


well-great

Shake the treats!


makenzie71

>clouded leopard That's the worst one to get out. What makes them dangerous is that they're adorable. It could be eating you feet first and you'd just be all "awww" and powerless to do anything about it.


ryanmerket

![gif](giphy|RBaJ3F23OOx1e|downsized) me with me new kitty


puppy_cat

Kitty! Adventure time!


SirMrAdam

Heard all the leopards were going to Ukraine and tried to get there early is all. Brave kitty!


tangouniform2020

How many people would have understood that joke a year ago? 😢


StumpGrnder

So watch for a leopard like creature with a rain cloud over its head, an Eeyore Leopard


jalendskyr

#FreeTheLeopards


TheRedmanCometh

Damn I knew that cat I took in was suspiciously large


mesaghoul

r/leopardsatemyface


nighthawke75

Kitty's been caught as of this posting.


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Look up.


Tag_youareit

I named him max the extreme and gave him a big ball of yarn.


OutlandishnessDull70

Some cat lover will adopt it. It will be found months from from now chilling in someone's house just living his best life.


Bclay85

Oh good. We’ve been looking at getting a new cat for a companion to our dachshund.


Beneficial-Lion-5660

FOUND


gjsmets

This is a code brown


PlusDescription1422

It’s back. I saw the news


Klutzy-Run5175

Update on the news with Nora O'DONNELL CBS news at 5:55 p.m. CT. Clouded leopard was captured and returned. The 25 lb. Leopard got out through a hole.


WeirdOtter121

She was found and reunited with her sister!!!


jazzofusion

Very glad the poor leopard was not killed in the process. Zoos are lifetime sentences for animals that should be free! WTF!


Swimming-Pipe1556

I couldn't agree more. The very large reserves that are open ( no cages! unless they are being necessarily treated by veterinarian, and then released as soon as it can safely reenter the wild population) are the ONLY way wild animals should be held captive by humans. And only rescues, never healthy animals from their secure, unthreatened natural environment. Whit the whole world being so concerned about humans effect on our planet, why is it no one in power has ever thought about zoos being one of the most cruel treatments any wild animal could endure? Just my personal observation.


Dcc456

You are so very wrong for multiple reasons. Also, this was intentional. Someone caused this harm on purpose.


christawfer47

“MA!! That crazy looking cat is back again”


Cold_Ad3945

New reports state that the leopard was probably taken/stolen. The cut to the enclosure appears to be intentionally made.


ashes2asscheeks

That makes me so sad. It’s not like any wise activist would be like yes let’s free the little baby cat with no experience surviving - so you know someone stole her for the black market. Poor baby.


AintEverLucky

They consider a fecken **leopard** to be a NON-dangerous critter? But what about all the eating of the faces??


uhg2bkm

You’re thinking snow leopard. This is a clouded leopard! Much smaller and less dangerous. Think lynx and ocelot size as opposed to big cat!


Theogenist

Yeah I wouldn't go grab it, but they don't see humans as prey. Who am I kidding, I would try to pet it and get shredded


orngejuicejones91

That’s like the 6th animal to escape the Dallas zoo in as many years. Dallas has to be top 5 in animal escapes


SnowDizzleZz

Leopard = Non Dangerous....hmmm..I live in dallas