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Ailurus fulgens (Red Pandas, or Fire Cats), Ocean Park, Hong Kong: photo by Tango Chen, 2009
Every time the bucks went clattering
Over Oklahoma
A firecat bristled in the way.
Wherever they went,
They went clattering,
Until they swerved
In a swift, circular line
To the right,
Because of the firecat.
Or until they swerved
In a swift, circular line
To the left,
Because of the firecat.
The bucks clattered.
The firecat went leaping,
To the right, to the left,
And
Bristled in the way.
Later, the firecat closed his bright eyes
And slept.
Wallace Stevens: Earthy Anecdote, 1918, from Harmonium, 1923
Ailurus fulgens (Red Pandas, or Fire Cats), Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Research Base: photo by Colegota, 2006
Ailurus fulgens (Red Panda, or Fire Cat), descending head first down a tree, Cincinnati Zoo: photo by Greg5030. 2010
Ailurus fulgens (Red Panda, or Fire Cat), standing: photo by Daniel Wong, 2005
Ailurus fulgens (Red Panda, or Fire Cat) cubs, wrestling: photo by Jonathan L. Kang, 2006
Ailurus fulgens (Red Panda, or Fire Cat), Rosamund Gifford Zoo, Syracuse, New York: photo by Dave Pape, 2007
Ailurus fulgens (Red Panda, or Fire Cat), staying cool under the mister, Akron Zoo: photo by redpandasrule, 2007
Ailurus fulgens (Red Panda, or Fire Cat), Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle: photo by saska01, 2007
Ailurus fulgens (Red Panda, or Fire Cat), sleeping in a tree: photo by Thomas Binderhofer, 2002
