Waddling down from the
Temperate firs netted with
Red-brown moss, the red
Bear-cat outfoxes the snow
Leopard tracking the cuteness .

From foothill forests
Of the himalayan range,
Pandas eat bamboo,
The reason for the false thumb :
Convergent evolution,

Like giant pandas
Of no close relationship ;
Just the same food source .
The himalayan mountains
Plowed by crashing india,

Tall as gravity
Allows :   a postcard bleakness
Frames the red panda,
A musteloid related
To weasels, skunks and raccoons .

It twitters and tweets
At dusk and into the night,
Cleaning like a cat
Before marking on patrol .
A cornered firefox stands tall .

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