{"id":4687,"date":"2009-11-09T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-09T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/11\/we-just-missed-seeing-a-deer-enter-the-lions-den-at-the-national-zoo.html"},"modified":"2009-11-09T11:30:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-09T11:30:00","slug":"we-just-missed-seeing-a-deer-enter-the-lions-den-at-the-national-zoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/11\/we-just-missed-seeing-a-deer-enter-the-lions-den-at-the-national-zoo\/","title":{"rendered":"We just missed seeing a deer enter the lions den at the National Zoo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wfyurasko\/4088284340\/\" title=\"PB080278 by wfyurasko, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2645\/4088284340_bfa1cbc0a4.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"PB080278\" \/><\/a><br \/><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">WASHINGTON D.C. &#8212; <\/span>A lion at the National Zoo  about 45 minutes before a deer entered the Great Cats exhibit.<\/p>\n<p>[<strong style=\"color:#3993ff\">flick<span style=\"color:#ff1c92\">r<\/span><\/strong> : <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wfyurasko\/sets\/72157622640226091\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Trip to the National Zoo<\/span><\/a>\/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wfyurasko\/sets\/72157622640226091\/show\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">slideshow<\/span><\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/11\/08\/AR2009110817703.html\"><b>Deer fatally injured after jumping into lion&#8217;s den<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wtop.com\/?nid=25&#038;sid=1807133\"><b>Deer jumps into lions&#8217; den at National Zoo<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>WTOP<\/i><br \/>Sunday afternoon we took our son to the Zoo for the first time. Had we been at the lions habitat 45 minutes later, we would have seen a deer get into it. The chase lasted 45 minutes before the deer escaped. Zoo officials determined it could not survive its injuries, but hopefully before they euthanized it, they told it &#8220;hey kid, you went the distance.&#8221; The WTOP link has to embedded videos on it; I didn&#8217;t bother posting here because I have enough videos bogging down the page load.<\/p>\n<p>H\/T: <a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.welovedc.com\/2009\/11\/08\/deer-takes-on-lions-at-the-national-zoo\/\"><b>Deer Takes On Lions at the National Zoo<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>We Love DC<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/graphics\/technorati.gif\" border=\"0\">  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/WashingtonDC\" rel=\"tag\">WashingtonDC<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/DC\" rel=\"tag\">DC<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/nationalzoo\" rel=\"tag\">National Zoo<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/deer\" rel=\"tag\">deer<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/lion\" rel=\"tag\">lion<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. 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