When I worked at the Philadelphia Zoo, we were in the midst of adopting a melanistic jaguar from Belize. I heard all about Belize and it’s magnificent wildlife, so naturally I became pretty infatuated with the little Latin American country. After meeting Kon, I was sold and decided I WILL visit at some point in my life.
I’ve started a bit of a wooden menagerie that began with some hand-me-down creatures from various family members, but never had any big cats. I saw them for sale everywhere while we were in the Caribbean on our family cruise last February, but couldn’t bring myself to splurge on the purchase.
But then one evening, while I was busy readying myself to eat two gourmet entrees and while away the hours dancing in the jazz club, Matt snuck off the ship and returned with this little gift. He placed it on my pillow so that when I walked back into the room to go to bed, I saw the adorable face of a melanistic jaguar.
* DORK ALERT *
I insisted that “Jaguar Jack” sleep on my pillow with me that night.
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| From Daily Daguerreotype |
