How to Identify a Manul (Question)
I want to know what patterns of a manual can be used to identify and tell others apart
For example here is a photo of Abrikos (I believe) if you didn't know the name of the manul how would you be able to tell?
so I wonder what Patterns on a manul you can use tell them apart.
Here is my guess for the identifying parts of a manul.
from what I believe you can tell manuls apart from these features; eye colour, nose adjacent colour, streaks below the eyes, and the dots on the forehead.
I may be completely wrong, but I believe these aspect of a manul do not change with age, and help with identify manuls from each other.
Here is an older image of Abrikos:
and here are the same highlighted features:
From what I can tell these patterns are useful when trying to identify a manul, but I cant be fully sure.
So I want to ask the community, are the patterns I identified useful to tell mauls apart? and is there more patterns I should be aware of when trying to tell manuls apart.
Please help me learn more about identifying manuls and please correct me if I'm wrong.
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personally one with mine is eyes and head shape, like Nagomu compared to lets say Dunzi
Yes, in particular, all of the listed options may apply; perhaps I would also leave out the point about character, though that seems more suited to a trip to the zoo (in my opinion). The eyes are also, by the way, a great thing; with Apricot, we just used him as an example.
I can also add that the coat color around the body’s perimeter differs in many; the same beloved Princess, for example, looks like a tiger, or Pear deprives him of his splendid white chin.
I think it’s often quite irrational. At first, when you’ve only just been manulized, they all seem alike. Then time passes, you’re already incurably ill, and it turns out that the cats are very, very different. They have different faces, different markings, different expressions, different behavior. And each has something special: for example, I stubbornly call Anyu (Eva’s daughter) Striped Tail, because I could easily tell her apart as a kitten thanks to the double stripes on her tail and her mischievous nature. The surroundings also matter; they differ from zoo to zoo. When your eye is trained and you have an approximate “manul database” in your head (even something simple like “Zelenogorsk lives in Novosibirsk, Primula in Tokyo, Tashi in the USA”), you can already guess from the background which place it is. That is why a well-trained eye is so important.
Hello! All of the listed traits can be used to identify a manul.
The pattern of spots on the forehead forms in childhood and does not change with age. It is unique to the manul. We jokingly call it a QR code.
Another way to identify manuls is by the alternating stripes on the tail. We sometimes call this a bar code.
But the most important thing is experience. Our beloved fluffballs are all different. And at some point, you simply start recognizing your favorite furballs at first glance. This works especially well with the kitties you’ve had the chance to observe in person, live.
I try to learn the faces by heart😂 I'm bad at recognizing patterns or spots in manul