The greatest prank of nature: Creation of the Pallas's Cat

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Lynx

Mother Nature: Hey, Central Asia.

C. Asia: Yes?

Mother Nature: You know what'd be cool?

C. Asia: What?

Mother Nature: If we created this cat, with round pupils, right? A small flat face... and make it extremely fluffy—like ungodly amounts of fluff... And make them honk like those geese, chirp and bark... and make their ears low to their head, and give them a resting grump face!

C. Asia: Sounds cute! I bet the humans will love—

Mother Nature: Oh yeah, make their immune system super weak, and make them territorial, rare, make them unable to tame, and make them super shy and somewhat hateful of humans.

C. Asia: ... Wow, cruel much?

Mother Nature: Make it so humans will love them, but they will never reciprocate!

Millions of years later...

Manulization: We love you guys!

Pallas's Cats: What? Sorry, couldn't hear you over my fur, now shoo, bald monkeys.

A photograph of a Pallas's cat

Tough love is the best love!

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  1. mnamosyna (rachael)
  2. Lynx
  3. mnamosyna (rachael)
  4. helga ingvar
  5. Vika Malyshko, Manulization

    Ahaha, I think that’s exactly how it all happened! 😹

    And Mother Nature and Central Asia created the world’s best collaboration — the manul! The squishiest and fluffiest kitty in the world, who also turned out to be the best training device for strengthening willpower: you can look, you can admire, but you can’t touch! 😛

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