Red panda missing from Washington zoo is found

Red panda escapes zoo, is recaptured with help from Twitter. Maggie Koerth-Baker at 4:18 pm Mon, Jun 24, 2013. Three weeks ago, humans set Rusty the Red Panda up on a blind date of indeterminate length with a female red panda named On Monday morning the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. announced via Twitter that Rusty, a male red panda, had gone missing. As Washington and much of the Internet were briefly transfixed by the search for Rusty, On Monday morning the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. announced via Twitter that Rusty, a male red panda, had gone missing. As Washington and much of the Internet were briefly transfixed by the search for Rusty, How could Rusty know? He was new to town, just in from a children's zoo in Nebraska, and had been on exhibit at the Smithsonian's National Zoo only a few weeks. But when you're a panda in Washington, even a small red panda,

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