Akiko spring pilgrimage 🏴🐾
Today was time for another regular Akiko pilgrimage to Edinburgh! He put on a real show and was very active, and very angry! ❤️🐾
Akiko in Edinburgh Zoo, June 8, 2026
He is such a great example of a grumpy classic Manul. Well done Akiko ❤️🐾
Half of the enclosure was closed off and a new nesting box seen....👀👀👀 I hope Akiko is on his best behaviour and puts on his most attractive fur coat!
Enjoy the pictures - hopefully some videos also will load! ❤️
Akiko in Edinburgh Zoo, June 8, 2026
Akiko in Edinburgh Zoo, June 8, 2026
Akiko in Edinburgh Zoo, June 8, 2026
Akiko in Edinburgh Zoo, June 8, 2026
Akiko in Edinburgh Zoo, June 8, 2026
Akiko in Edinburgh Zoo, June 8, 2026
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A true manul of manul kind.
Hello, Akiko!!! You are looking awfully handsome! 😍
I'm obsessed with the video of him rolling on his back. 🤩🤩
A stern Scottish gorong-gorong. My Scottish kitty approves.
Wonderful photos! Thank you for sharing! Akiko is a handsome fellow with a splendid pedigree!
Great photos of you together with him: in one photo he looks at you with love, and in the second he’s already scolding you 😁 What a changeable character this guy has 🤗
He's both grumpy and adorable😻😻😻
By the way, in Japan Akiko is a popular name for women. Do you know where the name came from?
Maeko Ushiro, Hi there, that's interesting! Him and his brothers were named in their birth zoo (Banham Zoo) I believe by way of public Facebook name suggestions- so someone must have suggested it!
Анна, Exactly why I love him 🤣🤣
mnamosyna (rachael), I couldn't believe it, such a cutie pie! He put on such a show 😻
Hannah Bolam, I see. Thanks😉
Among his late brothers' names, Oto might be a Japanese name, but other names don't sound like Japanese. Interesting.
Wow! Hannah, thank you so much for taking us along on a pilgrimage to the handsome Akiko! 😻
I read your article, watched all the photos and videos with great pleasure, and I’m glad to see not only Akiko in the photos, but you as well 🥰
Akiko seems like a very brave and cheeky little guy and isn’t afraid of people — that’s awesome! 😎
I really hope that Roma and I will get to see him someday too! 🤞🏻
Анна, Anya, do you happen to know why Akiko was given that name? 🤓
Vika Malyshkoverified_filled ,
A naming contest was announced at the zoo.
1. Akiko (a Japanese name) was invented by Laura Ann Giles’s ten-year-old daughter; it means "bright child."
2. Oto was invented by Anne Epton; it is short for otocolobus manul.
3. Into was invented by Louise K. Barnes; she had lovely students from Mongolia, and it is the name of one of the students.
4. Kulki was invented by Lou Hales-Greer; in Kazakh, it means "quarrelsome."
This information is in the comments on the zoo’s Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/banhamzoo/posts/pfbid0S4p288wAz9ugLvJxE6c9droDabyC7e2Z3yoq7713SrPD8dRvVhP4d7zqgrXs4oxKl
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=3683035198376616&set=a.554731850032320
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3914763931884669
I wasn’t the one who dug up this information, so don’t thank me 🙏
Vika Malyshkoverified_filled ,
Thank you😊
Анна, I dare say, thank you😁
By the way, Akira is the male equivalent of Akiko😊
Анна, Cool!
Thanks to you and not to you! 😄
We should add this info to the site 😉
Many thanks for the wonderful photos and videos, Akiko! It’s so great to see him! He doesn’t seem very happy about visitors 😹 He’s a true manul 😻