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Snow Leopards Love Nomming On Their Fluffy Tails (12 Pics)
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Snow Leopards Love Nomming On Their Fluffy Tails (12 Pics)

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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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    Julija Televičiūtė

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    Crazy in love with my sweet rescue pup https://www.instagram.com/rescueshepskybella/

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    Daria B
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Humans bite their nails, leopards bite their tails. Bad habits are a common thing I see.

    Grace Barclay
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thank you. Now can we all stop killing the snow leopards, tigers, lions. Please?

    Nikki Titchard
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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
    Community Member
    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's like a Victorian woman picking up the hems of her skirt to avoid getting wet.

    Cheryl Hopper
    Community Member
    6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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
    Community Member
    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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
    Community Member
    6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    dougdoug
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    could this be a survival instinct? keep their tails closer to their bodies to keep it warm?

    Rose Hogue
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Do they also chase their tail? My cats like to turn in circles to get their tails.

    AnnieLaurie Burke
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, even housecats like to play with their tails occasionally. But snow leopards are so awesome!

    Natalie Blenkhorn
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They are all stunning, but the one in the second picture is throwing some serious shade!

    Albino Squirrel
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe it's some kind of neurotic behaviour caused by captivity? Those majestic felines belong to Himalayas. Not in the cages.

    Vanessa
    Community Member
    8 years ago

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    It's not cute... Poor animal ... it's a an "Abnormal Repetitive Behavior", you see a lot animal with that problem in zoo. The scientific term for repetitive behaviors in captive animals is "Abnormal Repetitive Behavior" also know as ARB. This covers all the strange-looking repetitive behaviors we can recognize in captive animals, like zoo animals. These behaviors are caused by conditions like depression, boredom and psychoses. Some zoos actually give anti-depressants or tranquillizers to control the behavior problems of some of their animals.

    Daria B
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Humans bite their nails, leopards bite their tails. Bad habits are a common thing I see.

    Grace Barclay
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thank you. Now can we all stop killing the snow leopards, tigers, lions. Please?

    Nikki Titchard
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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
    Community Member
    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's like a Victorian woman picking up the hems of her skirt to avoid getting wet.

    Cheryl Hopper
    Community Member
    6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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
    Community Member
    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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
    Community Member
    6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    dougdoug
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    could this be a survival instinct? keep their tails closer to their bodies to keep it warm?

    Rose Hogue
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Do they also chase their tail? My cats like to turn in circles to get their tails.

    AnnieLaurie Burke
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, even housecats like to play with their tails occasionally. But snow leopards are so awesome!

    Natalie Blenkhorn
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They are all stunning, but the one in the second picture is throwing some serious shade!

    Albino Squirrel
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe it's some kind of neurotic behaviour caused by captivity? Those majestic felines belong to Himalayas. Not in the cages.

    Vanessa
    Community Member
    8 years ago

    This comment is hidden. Click here to view.

    It's not cute... Poor animal ... it's a an "Abnormal Repetitive Behavior", you see a lot animal with that problem in zoo. The scientific term for repetitive behaviors in captive animals is "Abnormal Repetitive Behavior" also know as ARB. This covers all the strange-looking repetitive behaviors we can recognize in captive animals, like zoo animals. These behaviors are caused by conditions like depression, boredom and psychoses. Some zoos actually give anti-depressants or tranquillizers to control the behavior problems of some of their animals.

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