Cat Tale

We three seniors, Madi, *oldest senior; Dad, next senior; and mom

youngest senior. (*Now that I am 14 in cat years that makes me 72 in human years ) 
were watching The Rise of Cats on NatGeoWild on the TVeeees. 

We learned a ton of stuff and saw some most gorgeous felines from wild to domesticated.

We learned that felines are highly evolved critters who have adapted themselves to many climates and environments all over the world.  Domesticated cats are the most successful of all cats (but I knew that).

Toward the end of the 2nd night they started talking about a "Palace Cat"!!!

I told mom she needed to find out how I could get my own Palace....
She headed over to Google lickety split..typed in Palace Cat and this is what came up

Pallas Cat!!  not Palace Cat mol mol 

The Pallas's cat (Otocolobus manul), also called manul, is a small wild cat with a broad but fragmented distribution in the grasslands and montane steppes of Central Asia. It is negatively affected by habitat degradation, prey base decline, and hunting, and has therefore been classified as Near Threatened by IUCN since 2002.^[1]

The Pallas's cat was named after the German naturalist Peter Simon Pallas, who first described the cat in 1776 under the binomial Felis manul.^[2]

OMCs, if I was a fighter not a lover, I could probably take this critter down.  It only weighs between 5.5 and 9.9 lbs.  I could squash it by sitting on it.

Here are a few photos taken of one at the Munich Zoo

a kitten

Click here to read more about this adorable wild feline.

The peeps also learned a new word 

cre·pus·cu·lar which describes this feline

krəˈpəskyələr/

adjective

1. of, resembling, or relating to twilight.

   • ZOOLOGY

     (of an animal) appearing or active in twilight.

   
   

   I was quite pleased with this program we all learned a lot!

Mom said her 2nd favorite wild cat was the Clouded Leopard!!