Scientists have "discovered" a cute little animal with a "teddy bear face"
The critter leaps through the trees of mountainous forests of
Ecuador and Colombia at night, according to a Smithsonian researcher who
has spent the past decade tracking them.
But the adorable olinguito shouldn't have been so hard to find. One
of them once lived in the Smithsonian-run National Zoo in Washington for
a year in a case of mistaken identity.
It really is a cute little thing isn't it. Read the rest of the story via stuff.co.nzHERE its quite a good read, especially the details of the mistaken identity.
I was back in New Zealand for about 9 days last month with a group of Brisbane Roar fans to see the game against the Wellington Phoenix in Wellington. After a few days in Welly we headed south for a whistle stop tour of the northern half of the south island, one place you have to visit when driving from Blenheim to Kaikoura (especially when travelling with a bunch of aussies) is the New Zealand Fur Seal colony at Ohau point.
Just before the point itself is one of the best kept secrets, although it is now becoming a well known attraction, its a short walk up the side of the Ohau stream to the waterfall and pool where the baby fur seals play, grow & learn to swim.
Here is a short video I took showing the last of the baby seals for this season.
