Saturday, February 12, 2011

Heidi, die schielende Beutelratte



FYI. Germany's latest favorite animal, Heidi, the cross-eyed opossum, who lives in the Leipziger Zoo, will be on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" Her personality seems well suited to the spotlight. On this show, she'll be put to a task of predicting the Oscar winners.

Meanwhile, Zoo Leipzig is hoping to improve Heidi's health through top notch nutrition, before her July 2011 debut before the public. It is thought that fatty-deposits may be causing her eyes to rotate inward. Her twin sister, Naira, shares the same defect.

Part of Heidi's charm seems to be related to those fatty deposits. Certainly her thickened tail shows this off, while enhancing her waddle. It's clear that she's becoming more active every week. Will that affect her eyesight? Nobody knows for sure. Meanwhile, her webpage registers over 100,000 fans.

Habt ihr ein neues Lieblingswort: Beutelratte!

Ready for this news cast? How much of it can you understand?


--> Notice the fatty deposits at the base of her tail?

--> Notice the new zoo landscape being prepared for an exhibit which Heidi will share with other animals beginning in July?

--> How many other animals will live in this habitat?
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6 comments:

  1. SonjaSFebruary 15, 2011 at 11:16 AM

    Heidi is so cute! That's so cool that she is going to appear on a show and try to predict the Oscar winners. That is just like the octopus that predicted the winners of the World Cup. It is good that are trying to improve Heidi's health. A healthy animal is a happy animal. Wow 100,000 friends. Heidi has so many friends. Now I'm going to have to try add to Heidi's friend list.

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  2. der SchweizerFebruary 15, 2011 at 3:05 PM

    O.K., no that I've seen the footage of Heidi, now I believe that she is real, not a opossum that was photo-shopped to look like that. Now I'm glad that she's real. Was the octopus the octopus that Frau was talking about that predicted the winner of the World Cup?

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  3. Shneemann WagnerFebruary 15, 2011 at 4:21 PM

    Heidi is awesome only if it was normal to find an opossum like that

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  4. MargretbFebruary 16, 2011 at 1:46 PM

    Heidi ist sehr suss! Ich will ein Haustier, aber ich kann nicht ein Haustier haben.

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  5. FelixFebruary 17, 2011 at 4:00 PM

    Hahahahah das ist so lustig! Konnen wir lernen mehr uber Heidi in das Deutsch class?

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  6. MLipariniFebruary 19, 2011 at 8:43 AM

    this was intresting to say the least

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