Hi, Mr. Nature here, with a cat you never heard of: the wild Manul of Central Asia, also known as Pallas’ Cat. Scientists consider it a kind of living fossil. It’s about the size of a regular domestic cat, looking much fatter because of its thick fur.
The Manul looks cute and cuddly, but zookeepers–and there aren’t many of these critters in the zoos of the world–say it’s very difficult to tame. It seems the Manul has a short fuse. But we’ve all known cats like that, and at least the Manul has good looks going for it.
God took the basic cat template and created all kinds of variations on the theme. That’s what makes the music of Creation such a complicated symphony, and one that never runs out of surprises.
you don’t see a lot of cute-antic videos for them. 🙂 They seem to mean business.
You are right, I have never seen one of these. I have seen a few creatures that resemble them, but not this one. Interesting.
They’re kind of hard to find because of where they live.
I bet that that Pallas’ cat could do real damage around the house. You might have to glue all bottles to a surface if you don’t want them ending up on the floor.
What an incredibly beautiful cat! Thanks, Lee 🙂