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Snow Leopards can’t roar like other big cats but they have the most majestic tails ever to compensate. Their tails are almost as long as they are – somewhere between 80 to 105 centimetres long! They are mainly used to help them balance, however, they can also serve as a perfect object to OM NOM NOM on!
While Snow Leopards wrap their tails around their noses to protect themselves from cold in their natural habitat (they are Snow Leopards after all), it hardly explains why they’d do that when in captivity. Maybe it’s simply genetic, or maybe they just can’t resist the fluff? Just look at those tails. SO. MUCH. FLUFF.
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Grace Barclay 9 years ago
Thank you. Now can we all stop killing the snow leopards, tigers, lions. Please?
Nikki Titchard 9 years ago
I agree grace we should stop killing big cats and all wildlife I do a lot of petition to help wildlife.
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Gayatri Chitale 5 years ago
It's like a Victorian woman picking up the hems of her skirt to avoid getting wet.
Cheryl Hopper 7 years ago
The cubs nomming on tails are the most adorable. FEERCE KITTEHS! I've had the opportunity to touch snow leopard fur and it is SO SOFT. It would be awesomesauce if someone was able to come up with a synthetic equivalent.
Wazz Azzle 8 years ago
A zookeeper I met once called it a "security blanket". In stranger news I've somehow developed a habit of doing this even though I don't have a tail. Somebody help! :P
Nik Fredrich 7 years ago
Cute pictures but I have a feeling that this is probably stereotypical behavior caused by confinement. I have always had a love/hate relationship with zoos for just this reason.
Rose Hogue 9 years ago
Do they also chase their tail? My cats like to turn in circles to get their tails.
AnnieLaurie Burke 9 years ago
Well, even housecats like to play with their tails occasionally. But snow leopards are so awesome!
Natalie Blenkhorn 9 years ago
They are all stunning, but the one in the second picture is throwing some serious shade!
Albino Squirrel 9 years ago
No offence, but I find it somewhat unfair how some posts like this get so many likes while other posts exactly the same get none.
I-Haa Murtola 9 years ago
Maybe it's some kind of neurotic behaviour caused by captivity? Those majestic felines belong to Himalayas. Not in the cages.
Grace Barclay 9 years ago
Thank you. Now can we all stop killing the snow leopards, tigers, lions. Please?
Nikki Titchard 9 years ago
I agree grace we should stop killing big cats and all wildlife I do a lot of petition to help wildlife.
Load More Replies... Gayatri Chitale 5 years ago
It's like a Victorian woman picking up the hems of her skirt to avoid getting wet.
Cheryl Hopper 7 years ago
The cubs nomming on tails are the most adorable. FEERCE KITTEHS! I've had the opportunity to touch snow leopard fur and it is SO SOFT. It would be awesomesauce if someone was able to come up with a synthetic equivalent.
Wazz Azzle 8 years ago
A zookeeper I met once called it a "security blanket". In stranger news I've somehow developed a habit of doing this even though I don't have a tail. Somebody help! :P
Nik Fredrich 7 years ago
Cute pictures but I have a feeling that this is probably stereotypical behavior caused by confinement. I have always had a love/hate relationship with zoos for just this reason.
Rose Hogue 9 years ago
Do they also chase their tail? My cats like to turn in circles to get their tails.
AnnieLaurie Burke 9 years ago
Well, even housecats like to play with their tails occasionally. But snow leopards are so awesome!
Natalie Blenkhorn 9 years ago
They are all stunning, but the one in the second picture is throwing some serious shade!
Albino Squirrel 9 years ago
No offence, but I find it somewhat unfair how some posts like this get so many likes while other posts exactly the same get none.
I-Haa Murtola 9 years ago
Maybe it's some kind of neurotic behaviour caused by captivity? Those majestic felines belong to Himalayas. Not in the cages.
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