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Akiko spring pilgrimage 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🐾

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Hannah Bolam

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,

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,
A photograph of Akiko in Edinburgh Zoo
Akiko in Edinburgh Zoo,
A photograph of Akiko in Edinburgh Zoo
Akiko in Edinburgh Zoo,
A photograph of Akiko in Edinburgh Zoo
Akiko in Edinburgh Zoo,
A photograph of Akiko in Edinburgh Zoo
Akiko in Edinburgh Zoo,
A photograph of Akiko in Edinburgh Zoo
Akiko in Edinburgh Zoo,

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  1. Pavel Burov
  2. mnamosyna (rachael)
    mnamosyna (rachael) •
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    Hello, Akiko!!!  You are looking awfully handsome! 😍

    I'm obsessed with the video of him rolling on his back. 🤩🤩

  3. Pavel Burov
  4. Анна
    Анна •
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    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 🤗

  5. Maeko Ushiro
    Maeko Ushiro •
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    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?

  6. Hannah Bolam
    Hannah Bolam • Author •
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    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!

  7. Hannah Bolam
  8. Hannah Bolam
  9. Maeko Ushiro
  10. Vika Malyshko, Manulization
    Vika Malyshkoverified_filled •
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    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! 🤞🏻

  11. Vika Malyshko, Manulization
  12. Анна
    Анна •
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    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 🙏

  13. Maeko Ushiro
  14. Maeko Ushiro
  15. Maeko Ushiro
  16. Vika Malyshko, Manulization
  17. Roman Paulov, Manulization
  18. helga ingvar