Kirk here with news of some new residents of the Kumamoto City Zoo: Two red pandas (one male, one female).

https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/72c5ed9954f96057ee71cc52a090f7370e970434

I’m not sure when public viewing will start but I imagine that day is not far away.

In Japanese, these animals are called “lesser pandas” (as opposed to giant pandas) but I learned from Wikipedia today that they are actually more closely related to raccoons than to giant pandas, although both like bamboo, and both can be extremely cute. There are lots of video compilations of cute red pandas on YouTube. Here’s one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPKab2d4_Xw