Everest Snow Leopard Cub Playing in the Snow
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
- Check out Everest, our 6-month-old snow leopard cub, as he frolics in yesterday's snowfall. The new snow acts as camouflage, helping Everest hide before pouncing at his mom, Sarani!
A snow leopard cub born at Brookfield Zoo on June 13 made his public debut for zoo guests today. The cub, who now weighs nearly 15 pounds, can be seen on exhibit with his 3-year-old mom, Sarani.
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Sarani and her mate, Sabu, 3, arrived at Brookfield Zoo in October 2011 from Tautphaus Park Zoo in Idaho Falls, Idaho, and Cape May County Park Zoo in New Jersey, respectively. Their pairing was based on a recommendation from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums' (AZA) Snow Leopard Species Survival Plan (SSP). An SSP is a cooperative population management and conservation program for select species in AZA zoos and aquariums. Each SSP manages the breeding of a species to maintain a healthy and self-sustaining population that is both genetically diverse and demographically stable. Including the new cub, 140 snow leopards currently live in 60 institutions in North America. The last time there was the pitter-patter of little snow leopard paws at Brookfield Zoo was in 1992. The zoo has exhibited snow leopards since 1936.
Snow leopards are solitary animals, except for mating and when females are raising cubs. Cubs remain with their mother until they are independent around 18 to 22 months. They reach sexual maturity between 2 to 3 years of age.
The snow leopards' smoky white-grey-yellowish coats, patterned with dark rosettes and spots, provide excellent camouflage in rocky, snowy habitat. Snow leopards have many adaptations which allow them to live in high mountainous terrain, including their very thick and long fur and their large, well-furred paws, which act as snowshoes. Although they do not roar, they do moan, growl, mew and hiss, and to their cubs and mates, they make a reassuring puffing sound through their nostrils, which is called "prusten" or "chuffing."
Snow leopards are listed as an endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the world's oldest and largest global environmental organization. A leading snow leopard conservation organization, The Snow Leopard Trust, estimates population numbers of this elusive cat to be between 3,500 and 7,000 remaining in the wild. They inhabit high, rugged mountainous regions of central Asia, including Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, China, Mongolia, and Russia. Their numbers are declining due to human influence, such as poaching for medicinal markets and hides, depletion of their prey base, retribution killing following livestock losses, residential and commercial development, and civil unrest.
He looks like he spends all day concocting these elaborate plans to successfully pounce and ambush his mother, who consistently and casually shrugs them off, which demoralises him but at the same time, inspires further endeavors.
He is a mischievous little guy
"I will not be bested by your stoic façade, mother!"
Soft paws on soft snow = noiseless movement!
My mum and dad have the same picture as your profile picture
I love snow leopards. They are just incredible.
ya same!
Your experience might not be the same when they hunt you down on those snowy mountains.
@@binayakbanerjee4238 here comes the animal astrologist lol
They're so fluffy! Seriously, magnificent animals. If we don't make room for them we don't deserve this planet.
If they weren't predators, I'd give them cuddles every day.
☺😉😣😋🤣
I can't beleive such a beautiful creature exists! Magnificent creation, I want to hug them so bad.
But sadly there's only 7-8k left because of massive hunting
Get a kiyten
@@saurabhchajju same with cheetahs, people are selfish enough to hunt these creatures until they are endangered when there is 9 billion humans still we keep hunting them and making more animals endangered while we just continue to populate.
@@swiftylazaar l
@@johnridden9985 you
they are so goddamn gorgeous its no joke
The most beautiful creatures on this earth!
What a wonderful Momcat, so patient with her little one.
Ahh the beauty of this planet.. What magnificent creatures! Humans...not so much lol
mike i agreee lool
+mike Humans have poisoned their minds over the centuries with greed.
+Purpose
Spot on.
+mike Not so much mike? Humans have lost their innocence. Animals remind us...how terrible is that....
+mike
Our beauty is the ability to recognise such magnificence.
What a majestic creature.
All felines are beyond awesome :)
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eheheh, top!
At 01:17, the mother cat was like, "Ok, I saw him, but I will just need to pretend not seeing him," *Pretending*, "Oh, what a lovely day! No one is around." Then, "Ouch!!, hah, you got me boy! Good job!" lol
haha
yes
she is.
both mama and her boy is too much lovely.
he is learning how to hunt
@@someonesomewhere5840 I think they know
It literally is amazing that we get to exist on the same planet as these amazing creatures.
That is one patient mumma
My FAVORITE cat of ALL TIME!!! ❤👍🏽❤
These are so beautiful and majestic cats. What a wonderful video.
these animals are absoutely beautiful, no words to descrieb there beauty, its like they cam from another world
what beautiful creatures they are, amazing
Absolutely beautiful cats! The cub is so playful! They both look very healthy and happy.
P.S. I love their fluffy coats and huge fat tails. They're absolutely gorgeous. I love this video of the cub and his mum playing in the snow. I watch it over and over.
"I'm glad Shifu sent you. I was beginning to think I'd be forgotten. Fly back there and tell them, the real Dragon Warrior is coming home!" -Tai Lung, Kung Fu Panda
omg i love cats so much, none should ever be hurt in any way. All animals should be cared for and never hurt! Who agrees?
And Zoos are not the place for them. The enclosures are too small, it makes me sad- and the reason they are there is not for their own wellbeing, but purely because of us- because we as humans like to look at them. They need to on a reserve, with 20+ square kilometres to play in, not an enclosure with perhaps 200 square meters.
Mining Forge .. These are incredibly endangered cats.. They need these zoo's to help save this species. While of course the wild is where they belong, sadly, that wild is much too dangerous anymore for these cats and much too small.. Humans have encroached and killed them.. Its incredibly sad, but these types of zoo's that truly care about these cats and give them a good environment is the best they can hope for until their species can be revived. It would be great if this was a utopia and perfect planet, but Im happy just to see them alive and having some semblance of a happy life.
No one should hurt them even if they get attacked by them?
@@chrismarshall4904 you think there would be some justice today, but unfortunately it spread all over.
Also their home is melting as well because of global warming and a lot of stupid people are trying to prevent so called "avalanches" from happening in the Himalayas and Altai Mountains where they live. SERIOUSLY? DO YOU NOT SEE THAT ANIMAL'S NAME HAS SNOW IN THE TITLE?!?!? ARE YOU FREAKING BLIND?!?
look at the paws they are huge
My favorites among the big cats.
The colour and pattern are so perfectly evolved to match their natural environment. Although, this was in a zoo, you can see how they blend in with the background so well. Lovely video.
i dont want them to die out :(
Yes now I understand why master shifu loved Tai lung. Adorable creatures they are
Yeah lol
0:37 that’s the cutest video about snow leopards I’ve seen. He behaves like a kitten
Maybe because he is a cub and feline just like house cat kitten
this cat is truly mesmerizing to look at...!
so unbelievably beautiful, I started crying from joy after just 10 seconds
look at those tails so fluffy 😍😍😍😍
I can almost hear him singing..."I know a game that will get on your nerves, get on your nerves, get on your nerves..." etc.etc..!
I LOVE their fat tails!!! 💝
The tails aren't fat, they're just really fluffy
Cecropia big boned
Fluffy*
PUFF MONSTER YOU MEAN
Actually,they used it as a hunter.
Wow, that adult just DOES NOT want to play!
💕 Such stunningly beautiful big cats!🐆 Everest looks super happy & full of mischief enjoying himself playing & running about & trying to interact with his mum Sarani. It's a shame the same cant be said for her as she doesn't look very happy at all! She looks like she's trying to find a way out of the pen/enclosure, bless her😕
beautiful blue eye's
Poor mom! They are just beautiful, thank you so much for sharing..I am sure we would all love to see them thriving and happy in the wild...but it is what it is for now and if the species can be preserved, perhaps they and we will all thrive and enjoy peace and harmony and plenty on our beautiful little planet...I never stop dreaming! I want to wish all of you at Brookfield Zoo a lovely Holiday Season and much love and blessings for all you do..the videos are fantastic too! Hugs and love, Wendy and Cookie cat...a little smaller..lol..ha!
People... Instead of bitching and complaining about the zoo and enclosure's.. how about donating to this worthy cause so that the Zoo can afford to expand and give them more space!.. these cats are endangered because of humans and their natural habitat is just too dangerous for them. So we as humans need to fix this by bringing their population back to normal and rehabilitate their natural environment so that they can live.. Sadly, until the world starts limiting the human birth rate, we humans will only expand and destroy the planet more.. Its sad but very true.
+mike Well we all gotta die sometime...
+mike listen to this guy, what he says is 99% correct, the part about expanding the space cant agree with, maybe if we stopped hunting them so celebs and rich people can wear their skin would be a better alternative, other than that mike, youre spot on
+Alex C สวย
mike *It's sad
Snow leopards are no longer endangered
me everyday at 3am watching snow leopard 😂
Look so cuddly beautiful creatures of earth
Most beautiful .
my favourite animal.
beautiful creatures
I wish one of them hugged me with their big and soft paws 😂
They would probably scratch me to death ;-;
It's crazy how much they look like shrunken tigers with a lick of paint.
There are studies that have found that the closest relative to the snow leopard is in fact the tiger, guess that's why they do look like small tigers :)
Mom is like "that's ENOUGH, son...!"
Mommy are very incredibly patient and loving mother. 😍❤❤❤❤❤
These are not just my favorite big cat, but imo the most beautiful animal of all. Top three of my favorite animals easily, I want to see one in the wild but I know that it can be very dangerous.
OMG!!! These sweet hearts are sooooo cute & beautiful!!!! LOL..I LOVE wathing the playful one
Man, I wish I could win in a lottery just because that I could build big enough sanctuary for these animals and hang out with em'. They're one of the most beautiful animals out there and we have to do everything in our power to save their species.
Prettiest animal hands down.
Omg, they are so beautiful, one of my favorites cats.🐱🐱🍁🍁🦋🦋⚘⚘🌷🌷💐💐
Adore these beautiful felines and their gorgeous tails ❤️🐱
SOOOOOO BEAUTIFUL♥
I LOVE♥♥
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO CUUUUUTE!!!!! I LOOVE SNOWLEOPARDS! =D
Cute. mom told me to watch can’t stop
Wow at 1.47 I didn't even see him...Amazing how well they camouflage with the surroundings.
Such beautiful animals. I find it really funny how the adult snow leopard is just like "go awayyy i don't wanna play..."
very cute their camouflage is amazing 😃 they seem happy enough in their enclosure I guess the zoo is trying to help them !
I thought only domesticated cats did the little side hop thing lol.
so fluffy
Es ist zu schön, diese traumhaft schönen Katzen zu sehen,
I love snow leopard.
"Go away kid. Ya bother me."
Heartwarming and sad alternately.
super nice and fun...then you hear the sirens in the distance, and wish these animals would never have to hear this in their lives
Snow leopards are my #1 favorite animal on this planet there so pretty and cute
HD 60 frames per second footage of snow leopards playing!? love it!😁👍
It's crazy how less than 50 years ago these things were so elusive few people in the world ever got to see them.
and especially a few in Illinois as these 2 are ............
Their beautiful
Beautiful healthy looking family
Всё время хочется охотиться. А, кроме мамки, не на кого...🐆😺
Si
I Love Snow Leopard 🤗❤️❤️
the hunting instinct of the cub is impressive
The most beautiful animal in the planet.
ya those are my spirit animals and fav animals SO CUTE
I sure miss this boy!
really stocky cat almost built like a bear
Cute
schön ,spilen zu wie kinder ,freuen sich .
Adorable he wanted to tease his mother 😂
Animale meraviglioso
The cub is having fun, but the mother is obviously wandering around nervously, as if she's stressed out.
Earth is a beautiful place and we need to take care of it.
Earth sure is a beautiful place, & it's humans who are screwing it up & making it ugly.
meraviglia della natura
She wants out, she can feel the world
Mom Leopard: What is that annoying bug on my back?
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FLU FFY
I love all big cats, especially these and cheetahs
My favourite animals after tigers..they are just magnificent
They look heavy and very strong.
Mama’s so sweet and patient running very slowly back and forth to give the cub practice with chasing down prey. I so love these animals. Glory to God. ✝️
Keep your god to yourself... You're talking about the same one who supposedly almost drowned them all...
Awwwwwwww...wanna hug the shit out of the little guy before he gets older and realises I may be his dinner!
thx for taking care of animals, i wanna be a zoologist, i love animals!!!
Beautiful animals
Mom DOES NOT want to play, but she's not telling Junior off either :)
Sarani is a very good and patient mom!
Adorability.
Snow Leopards are the most beautiful animal on this planet.... Change my mind..
So CUTE! My heart melted :3
0:39 I love you so much, tree!
Those Cats are very pretty and fear some .
They are acting just like my cat lol. Happy to see this
Cat will always be cat...😸