Pallas Cats are absurd to me. This is a wild animal, not accustomed to humans, shouldn't interact with it unless I'm trained with these types of animals, all that jazz. But also they're so fucking cute and fluffy?? What do you mean I can't pet and hold one???
This just looks like the fluffiest house cat I've ever seen yet it's a wild animal that I shouldn't interact with. It's like bears but less deadly. Nature constantly taunts me.
A baby Pallas cat was born in the Helsinki Zoo, look at this tiny baby who bleps!
The Korkeasaari Zoo celebrated the birth of its first pallas cat and they gave the news on 10 august 2023 but the kitten in the photo is already 2 months old and she is healthy.
While the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) categorizes the Pallas cat as a species of "least concern," their numbers in the wild have been declining. These cats inhabit the vast and harsh grasslands and mountain steppes of Central Asia. Manuls are part of European zoos' conservation programs aimed at safeguarding their future. Korkeasaari Zoo contributes to the protection of wild manuls during this year's "Night of the Cats."