Hehe. I don't know the answer, but I would guess that's a male and a female, going from left to right. Do you think so? The one on the left seems to have more squared-off features where other's head is a bit more rounded. It's hard to tell though; they don't seem much different in size but I don't know the magnitude of sexual dimorphism in snow leopards - it could be that they don't exhibit much, like their cousins the lions do. Tigers, then, would be somewhere in between.
And yes, I feel almost compelled to reach in and pet them too, but it's probably a feeling worth resisting if we were ever to stumble upon this pair in real life, or any others for that matter.
I wanted to pet Richard Parker too as I read The Life of Pi. What is it with cats? I don't feel that way about any other animals even though I may be really crazy about them, like gibbons say, or chimps or baby orangs. I guess it's the plush fur that cats have, and the air of regalness (an allowable word, according to Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged). We want to give them a scratch to let them know we approve, or maybe to seek their approval. I dunno, cats are a mystery. Maybe they're just pretty!
Yes, they are. They look so proud too. Though that doesn't stop me from wanting to get my hand in there to give them a good tin chickle.
ReplyDeleteMahou has an expression much like the one on the right too. It's normally best to stay away from her then.
Hehe. I don't know the answer, but I would guess that's a male and a female, going from left to right. Do you think so? The one on the left seems to have more squared-off features where other's head is a bit more rounded. It's hard to tell though; they don't seem much different in size but I don't know the magnitude of sexual dimorphism in snow leopards - it could be that they don't exhibit much, like their cousins the lions do. Tigers, then, would be somewhere in between.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, I feel almost compelled to reach in and pet them too, but it's probably a feeling worth resisting if we were ever to stumble upon this pair in real life, or any others for that matter.
I wanted to pet Richard Parker too as I read The Life of Pi. What is it with cats? I don't feel that way about any other animals even though I may be really crazy about them, like gibbons say, or chimps or baby orangs. I guess it's the plush fur that cats have, and the air of regalness (an allowable word, according to Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged). We want to give them a scratch to let them know we approve, or maybe to seek their approval. I dunno, cats are a mystery. Maybe they're just pretty!
Beautiful, even if they do work for Apple.
ReplyDeleteThe left is a guy, right is a gal. I know my cats! I wonder who took this picture of the King Leopardo and Queen Leoparda?
ReplyDeleteNice looking pair of coats too.
Thanks for clearing that up, Hans :)
ReplyDeleteI don't know who took the picture, but they must have been brave or had a long zoooooom lens.