eric alder found him unhurt. by midday there were six dedicated accounts posting this one sorry national zoo, it s just such a beautiful day i m hitting the town. another let s meet up. rusty is the latest critter to go on the lam and tweet about it. remember the cobra that went missing from the bronx zoo in 2001 and the pea cook that flew the central coup and later returned home on his own, all proof that well it s a jungle out there. athena jones, cnn, washington. reporting to the interweb they are native to the eastern himalayas, southwestern china. they look liereally cute.
rusty the red panda is back home at washington s national zoo. for a time boy he was the toast of the town on the streets and online. here s athena jones. reporter: pandamonium in this washington, d.c., neighborhood. all to capture this little guy, a ten-pound red panda named rusty. the bamboo eating animal just shy of a year old escape from the international zoo between sunday night and monday morning. they re great climbers, they can go way out on the branch. reporter: they launched a code green alert, like an all points bulletin for annals. the search rusty ended here a few blocks from the zoo. zoo officials found him high up in a tree.
he said i looked like a red panda this morning. cute and attractive. ooh. that was kind of a good one. how are you at climbing trees? very good at anything. i m glad he s home, rusty. coming up next on new day a new day exclusive, paula deen s sons are here live to open up the controversy that could cost their mother her career, the first time family members are speaking out with an apology. people on twitter on twitter saying kate bolduan looks like a panda. that s not kate bolduan, that s nancy pelosi. the red panda is very attractive. it was a compliment. i want to make things more secure.