How would you like to have one of these?

[montanacowboy]

I sure hope they can survive now that they have been "discovered"


https://www.thedodo.com/daily-dodo/rare-pallass-cat-found-living-on-mount-everest

[Kennah]

1. Would love to have a Pallas cat

[RockRaven]

2. Well the article says they're aggressive & definitely cannot be kept as pets, so I'd say no thanks.

But that's just me...

[Ocelot II]

3. They were discovered by a biologist in the 18th century; it's just recently that they were found

on Mt. Everest. "Due to its widespread range and assumed large population, the Pallas's cat has been listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List since 2020. Some population units are threatened by poaching, prey base decline due to rodent control programs, and habitat fragmentation as a result of mining and infrastructure projects. The Pallas's cat has been kept in zoos since the early 1950s. As of 2018, 60 zoos in Europe, Russia, North America and Japan participate in Pallas's cat captive breeding programs." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pallas%27s_cat

They are ridiculously cute, but they are reported to be unfriendly.

[keithbvadu2]

4. Not a place you would expect to find a lot of prey.

[GreenWave]

5. Some resemblance to

snow monkeys macaca fuscata