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I was showing a friend videos of normal snow leopard locomotion last night (read: their interaction with the laws of physics looks like it came straight out of a cartoon) and I found this incredible video of how that agility and strength benefit them in the wild.
The actual video of the chase starts at around 2:10 (before that there’s a lot of really gorgeous footage of the snow leopards and the goats on their own) and it’s incredible to watch an animal race across steep, rocky terrain with such grace. It’s also worth noting how effective a snow leopard’s pattern is at camouflaging them on the mountainous backdrop.
(CW: minor animal injury – the goat gets bitten, but there is no visible blood).
“their interaction with the laws of physics looks like it came straight out of a cartoon”
But doesn’t that describe pretty much every feline? XD
Yes, but:
(Gif made from CMZ’s video of their male snow leopard, Bhutan).
I’m screaming??? So my cat knows I get upset when he steps on my paintings (not yelling or anything I think he just sees me spend hours trying to cover up what his paws do) in my “studio” which is a crammed small storage closet with painting all over the floor drying , so like I’m in there rn and I saw him try to get to point A to point b but it was impossible for him to jump over so like he realized the matte parts were dry and like he was stepping on the corners of the painting and every step he’d look at his paw to see if he fucked up and honestly it was the most thoughtful thing ever I don’t ever wanna hear anyone ever say that cats don’t care
I beg you, if this ever happens again, get a video
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