What is a cat’s tail for?

Although: it is used for ‘normal movement’¹ and the tail reflects emotions through boy language, and provides signals to other cats, the tail is not an essential piece of anatomy for the domestic cat. You only have to ask people who keep bob-tailed cats to find out. The Japanese Bobtail and the American Bobtail …

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Snow Leopard Description

The magnificent, gentle and elusive snow leopard has hauntingly pale eyes, exotic markings and a stunningly thick rope-like tail. This is probably the most beautiful of all the wild cat species other than the clouded leopard. The tail is very noticeable. Its circumference is greater than that of a man’s forearm. It is also …

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Clever Cat Conservation

by Michael (London, UK) Snow Leopards – photo by Turkinator Here is an example of clever cat conservation. It seems to me as if it is a piece of enlightened lateral thinking. The cat concerned is the snow leopard, a startlingly beautiful and elegant rock climber. And how have the conservation experts gone about …

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Pictures of Snow Leopards

Pictures of Snow leopards are all about what they look like so this page shows pictures together with a written description for completeness. The first picture might not necessarily be the best aesthetically but it is certainly one of the best to show some of the main features of the snow leopard. Two outstanding …

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