As you look into the leopard exhibit at the Durham Zoo, you’re not getting the full picture. Part of the cage is obscured from view from the walkway. It’s rarely used by the animal, according to zoo keepers, but on some days, the pile of straw is a tempting spot for a morning nap.
But this isn’t a case of out of sight, out of mind. When rare spotted leopards are out of sight, they are most certainly on your mind, particularly if you’re a member of the Durham Police, State Police, National Guard, and New Hampshire state wildlife department, all of whom were called to the Durham Zoo, when the potentially dangerous animal was reported missing.
But potentially dangerous, rare spotted leopards, it turns out, are quite deep sleepers.
Through all the chaos that ensued in the Durham zoo following her reported escape, Fluffy was just napping under a pile of straw in the cage, out of sight of the zoo visitors and officials who inspected her cage. Her presence was discovered early yesterday afternoon, after several hours of intensive search within the zoo and the residential communities neighboring it.
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