Our impressions, plus a closer view of what that big kitteh is eating, after the jump.

While two snow leopards at the San Francisco Zoo were in the process of being moved from their pen to another location "for routine maintenance," one of the male snow leopards, Gurja, almost escaped. Gulp. According to CBS 5:

The unidentified source told KCBS Radio the male leopard, named Gurja, had its head and front leg through the hole when the zookeeper saw what was happening and locked herself in the animal's exhibit area. The zookeeper was then able to use food to lure the leopard back into a secure cage and close the door.

Did they use Fancy Feast? We bet they used Fancy Feast to lure him back. Our cat just loves Fancy Feast.

While no one was injured in yesterday's near escape, SF Zoo officials called this "a 'near miss' in regard to their safety," and Mark Geragos laughed an evil laugh while twisting the tip of his pointy mustache. CBS 5's report goes on to say that "the zoo was open at the time of the incident, but apparently public safety was not compromised." According to the SF Zoo's site, the white leopards are "opportunistic predators, eating whatever meat they can find, often killing animals three times their size." That, and they're so cute!

[Update: Errors were made in todays HTML coding. Fixed. Also, we didn't mention the relationship between the illegal fishing of these cute sharks and the fish supplier to your favorite local sushi house cuz the relationship seems tenous but, as always, YMTC. Thanks.]

[Update: Gentle readers may wish not to click over to SFMIKE's Civic Center Blog for his take. Next time, tell us how you really feel, Mike! And take a video tour of the New York show if you want here.]