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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHave you ever heard of or seen a Pallas's Cat? Wow!
What is this crazy cat? It's a Pallas's Cat, and exciting camera trap images from Snow Leopard Conservancy's Nepal team have shown for the first time that Pallas's Cats are living in Nepal! http://wildnet.org/updates/pallass-cat-found-first-time-nepal with Nanci Aparecida Do Prado, Juan Pablo Mayorga Cortes and Mithun Islam.
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shenmue
(38,506 posts)Meowr!
SamKnause
(13,114 posts)I have not heard of, or seen pictures of this breed of cat.
Thank you for posting.
LiberalLoner
(9,762 posts)SamKnause
(13,114 posts)I was just trying to be amusing.
roguevalley
(40,656 posts)Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)Turns out I was thinking of the Andes Mountain Cat (what an original name! )
Scuba
(53,475 posts)Nika
(546 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,947 posts)but reputed to be unfriendly. About the size of a house cat, but with a lot more attitude.
Are_grits_groceries
(17,111 posts)There are many unusual feline species we don't see very much.
Arabian Sand Cat:
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)LadyHawkAZ
(6,199 posts)WANT!
Look at those little faces!
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)newfie11
(8,159 posts)Never heard of them.
snooper2
(30,151 posts)one_voice
(20,043 posts)my first thought too.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)Aerows
(39,961 posts)You can't tame them. They are an odd throwback that is both vicious and gorgeous.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,352 posts)snooper2
(30,151 posts)Lancero
(3,017 posts)Mean kitty, evil ball of fur...
UtahLib
(3,179 posts)Arkana
(24,347 posts)Aerows
(39,961 posts)and cannot be tamed, either. It's a very ancient predecessor of many other felines.
AnnieBW
(10,472 posts)Skip Intro
(19,768 posts)That's a fat cat, though.
Yo_Mama
(8,303 posts)MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)The tail is like a raccoon's.
Yo_Mama
(8,303 posts)To me, Pallas cats look like a cat evolved to fill a raccoon niche.
The movements are also similar to a raccoon's.
My favorite raccoon video:
Unbelievable how smart he is. If they had just left the garage door open and set food outside, they could have dropped the garage door once he went out to get it. He's clearly looking to get out to get some food, but he's not going to go for the trap bait. He would die of shame if he fell for that trick!
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)That one in the video totally trumped the humans' plans! I know most people don't, but I like raccoons. They are just gorgeous, especially the babies. I was sitting on my patio last summer, when a mom with her 5, count them, babies climbed down a tree right next to me, and started to partake of treats I had left out, primarily for squirrels, but hey, its an open buffet. Mom was a little nervous about me being so close but the babies seemed just fine. They ate for awhile then climbed right back up. Magical.