The Adventures of Periwinkle and Stinky

 

Tuesday morning is always busy for Periwinkle.  She gets up early and spends extra time grooming her furs so she looks as nice as possible for her boyfriend, Stinky.  When she is done, she waits (not so)patiently by the Teleportation Tunnel for his arrival.  She jumps up when the Tunnel starts to shake and the familiar WOOSH lands him right in her waiting paws.  They spend some time whisker kissing, paw patting and catching up on the last week.  Soon Periwinkle takes Stinky's paw and leads him back into the Tunnel.  

After a very short trip, they arrive at their destination for the day.  Stinky giggles and says "this is amazing" which makes Periwinkle giggle too.

Periwinkle explained that they were in St Cloud and were visiting a small, privately owned, exotic animal rescue.  Periwinkle explained "The majority of the animals here have been surrendered by owners after they realized they were in way over their heads with a wild animal they thought could be a pet or found themselves unable to care for them. Others have been retired from zoos and educational programs where they interacted with people. Some of the animals, like wild-caught boa constrictors, have been removed from the lands they are invading and rather than be destroyed, find a new life here. Many of the birds and other native Florida species have been hurt or orphaned and are deemed unable to be released by the state."  Impurressed by her knowledge, Stinky took her paw and they went off to visit the animals.

They first came upon this sweet family of Capybara...

Periwinkle pointed out the sign telling more about them (you might need to biggify)

Always the scamp, Stinky ran off and Periwinkle found him "hanging out" with the sloth...

                                            

From there the saw the Fennec Foxes.  They both were amazed by how much they resembled cats.

Periwinkle said, "According to Wikipedia, The fennec fox is a small crepuscular fox native to the deserts of North Africa, ranging from Western Sahara and Mauritania to the Sinai Peninsula. Its most distinctive feature is its enormous ears, which serve to dissipate heat and listen for underground prey. The fennec is the smallest fox species."

With apologies to da Tabbies, they visited the burds...

They were amazed by the Patagonian Mara...

Having done her research, Periwinkle explained "The Patagonian mara is a relatively large rodent in the mara genus Dolichotis. It is also known as the Patagonian cavy or Patagonian hare. This herbivorous, somewhat rabbit-like animal is found in open and semi-open habitats in Argentina, including large parts of Patagonia."  Stinky smiled and told her how impurressed he was with her knowledge which made Periwinkle blush.

They saw a Bobcat...

and a marbled fox...

They stopped to read about the Ring-Tailed Lemur...

and then they visited him...

It was almost time to go but they wanted to visit the Geoffroy's Cat...

He seemed interested in them too...

As much as they didn't want to leave, they knew it was time to head back to Periwinkle's house.  They had a snack on the back porch since the weather was nicer...

Stinky spent some time visiting Periwinkle's Mom and fursib and then the two took some time to whisker kiss, paw pat and hug before Stinky had to leave.  

Stinky hopped into the Teleportation Tunnel and blew one last whisker kiss and, with a WOOSH, headed home.  Periwinkle found a sun puddle and napped and dreamed about her next Adventure with Stinky.