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Related: About this forumRare Pallas Cat discovers camera, investigates
Motion-sensing camera traps placed deep in remote ecosystems have been instrumental in recording the natural behavior of some of the worlds most elusive animals -- though sometimes they do catch something else: the earth-shattering moment they seem to realize that theyre being watched.
Just watch as this ferociously furry Pallass cat discovers the camera placed outside his den then move in for a better look.
These small felines, standing roughly the same size as a domestic house cat, are notoriously shy in their mountainous habitat high in the Himalayan mountain range. Footage like this, gathered from camera traps, is often the only evidence researchers have to go on that they are actually there.
In fact, just earlier this year, these majestic little Pallass cats was discovered living in Nepal for the first time ever -- offering tantalizing clues that the notoriously shy species range is larger than previously thought.
https://www.thedodo.com/watch-the-earth-shattering-mom-601443618.html
hatrack
(59,596 posts)Seriously cool footage - thanks!
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)Thanks for the video.
Warpy
(111,407 posts)They're about my favorite feline, little and cute and if you try to pet one, it will rip your arm off and beat you to death with it.
TexasProgresive
(12,161 posts)Well she is little and has her moods, but we love her just the same. I guess that's why she's with us to teach us how to unconditionally love another.
enlightenment
(8,830 posts)Thanks for the chuckle. They are gorgeous - and ferocious little critters.
packman
(16,296 posts)somehow, someway, by some means a DUer would squeeze in a post about a cat today.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)We have to.
7962
(11,841 posts)Half-Century Man
(5,279 posts)Don't know if it's per day or per week
itsrobert
(14,157 posts)But why does he/she keep running toward the camera?
Must be a Kardashian?
AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)I love how all cats, big or small...sorta act the same. Like cats...y'know.
Come here kitty kitty.... AURRGGGGGH....my face!
(You do know that the cat is the only domesticated animal that is not social in the wild.)
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)Cats have been domesticated?
I did not know that.
MH1
(17,608 posts)for, "cats have trained humans to feed and shelter them".
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)But does it look like something else is with him in the cave? There seems to be something moving at the top of the opening.
7962
(11,841 posts)secondvariety
(1,245 posts)Jack Rabbit
(45,984 posts)He acts just like Swashbuckler.
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)tosh
(4,424 posts)so cool on full screen!
libodem
(19,288 posts)I've been back to look at this cool cat about 6 times. Love the long version!!!
Tetris_Iguana
(501 posts)L0oniX
(31,493 posts)Maven
(10,533 posts)"Hey kids, what are you doin' on my rocks???"
Warpy
(111,407 posts)Music is by Huun Huur Tuu
catbyte
(34,503 posts)Judi Lynn
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A Mongolian herder taking his life in his own hands!
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Rhiannon12866
(206,435 posts)ellenrr
(3,864 posts)Warpy
(111,407 posts)The range is all through central Asia and the clip now shows, through the Himalayas. They were actually thought to be extinct some years ago, sightings had gotten so rare. They're as shy as they are fierce and if anything is going to survive the next 100 years, they will.