So many places have snow now (even Santa Barbara, with a little effort) — what’s a cat to do?
Taking in the New Year, like this Snow Leopard in Nepal. 📹✨
Some incredible camera trap footage of this elusive big cat – but sadly there are only around 4,000 individuals left in the wild, making it more important than ever that we secure a future for this amazing species. 🧡 pic.twitter.com/dUL0Qefx82— WWF UK (@wwf_uk) January 8, 2024
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We can bundle up indoors and check out gorgeous pictures.
We can take a course in snow leopards:
And we can warm our hearts…
That was in 2017-2018.
A little later, the zoo reported that little Khyber was almost grown up and fully mobile.
From their 2020 image shared on Facebook, it’s clear that NObody will be harnessing adult Ms. Khyber any time soon!
More information:
- Cat Specialist Group page.
- Now the national symbol of Kyrgyzstan.
The snow leopard was Manas’ totem. There isn’t much online in English about this epic on a quick search, but here is a little more about Manas:
A famous author apparently wrote a book based on the Manas lore, but all I can tell you is that there is a snow leopard on the cover of that edition.
- A quiz from the Snow Leopard Trust.
A little lagniappe:
Congratulations! You’ve just been booped by a snow leopard cub.
Featured image: Nagel Photography/Shutterstock (No, it’s not Khyber but still so adorable!)
Flight To Wonder 