Natural Selections

National Geographic recently posted an excellent article on Snow Leopards with pictures by Steve Winter. Remarkable pictures. Apple has announced that their next Operating System is called Snow Leopard. And with just one encounter with a snow leopard, I can see why there is such interest. We made a visit to the Santa Barbara Zoo, which although small, is one of the better zoos I have been to. It was there, at the end of the visit, that I came face-to-face with a snow leopard. Generally cats ignore you, but not this one. We made eye contact and this cat keep a very close watch on me. I was able to take a number of pictures including this one. I was so glad there were bars between us and I was on the outside. Santa Barbara, CA. Aug 2005.