r/PallasCats

All hail manul!!!! (2nd picture for credit)

Exactly three years ago I saw my first (and only, so far) manul at the Cincinnati zoo. Sorry for the photo quality

In the right light, if you squint a little… do you sometimes imagine that your house cat looks like a Pallas’ cat?

Meet Chloe. The body is round. The tail is bushy. She’s got a metric ton of floof and the cattitude to match, like Polly’s. Her coloration even matches her environment, making her the perfect ambush predator, like Zelenogorsk. Her love of chimken is matched only by that of the Holy Groosh. If it weren’t for her pointy ears and slit pupils, I think she could pass - at a distance. What do you think?

Show off your faux manuls! No photoshop please, just untouched images of your own untamed beasties that caught your eye and touched your heart like a manul!

I spent 90 minutes just staring and taking pictures and video. I may need to increase my phone’s storage.

I also think that, in exchange for not stealing one, I should get to hold one (I am totally kidding).