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Mia turns 10 today! 🎉
Mia in Novosibirsk Zoo, February 3, 2026
Happy anniversary to our beloved, one-of-a-kind fluffy Siberian lady of sorrow!
And of course, we wish a happy birthday to her fluffy brothers: the wonderful Klyon from Ueno Zoo, the noble Altay from Izhevsk Zoo, and the mysterious Dima from Grasleben! Hooray! 🥳
Dear manuls, may you be healthy, happy, and full of joy!
Live long, stay fluffy, and keep delighting us for many years to come! ❤️
This is a series of Gashapon toys. There are 3 groups of animals.
From the left to the right, The Bremen Town Musicians 02, Town Musicians of Cats, Town Musicians of Small Animals.
You can see a manul as a member of Town Musicians of Cats.
I guess the model is lev😻
Lev became the model of some works of this sculptor Hashimoto Mio. (Who carved the prototype of the Gashapon toys)
For example, this one. (This is not only a sculpture but also a pillow!)
Happy Birthday, Batu!
Sarnai was standing in her favorite ball tray enrichment toy, completely unbothered, while Batu sneaked up behind her with decidedly mischievous intentions (photo taken on April 4, 2026)
Yesterday was the 10th birthday of Batu, the Pallas's cat at Prospect Park Zoo. I specifically drove to Brooklyn to visit the fluffy birthday star. But the biggest surprise was getting to see Batu's fluffy wife, Sarnai, who is rarely spotted — what a beautifully delicate-faced cat she is!
It all came together thanks to the zoo's Pallas's cat keeper, Ashley — whose name I actually learned from the HBO documentary series The Zoo, Season 3, Episode 9: "Grumpy Cat's New Digs," which introduced Batu and Sarnai and showcased the construction of their new exhibit. I was lucky enough to run into her while I was watching the cats, and I got to ask her about how both cats are doing. Their breeding season this year just wrapped up, and the breeding process has not been very successful. These two have been a breeding pair for many years. A few years ago they had a kitten that died young, and later a mass was found in Sarnai's uterus. Ashley mentioned that the zoo has already collected semen from Batu, so artificial insemination is an option if needed in the future — and it turns out the birthday boy Batu actually has high-quality Pallas's cat sperm!
After I explained why I'd come and mentioned that I had never once seen Sarnai, Ashley said she wasn't going to let me leave empty-handed today (so kind of her!), and went into the back den to fetch Sarnai's favorite enrichment items — a tray of balls and a tray of wooden blocks. And that's how we got the beautiful Sarnai finally venturing out into the outdoor exhibit.
The two cats seemed to get along quite well and appeared comfortable with each other. Sarnai is such a beautiful rose— Batu is a lucky guy! The last time I visited, Batu had been pacing the outdoor exhibit in what looked like repetitive patrol behavior, and I was worried he might be developing a stereotypy. But yesterday I observed a much wider variety of behaviors, so I think I was overthinking it — after all, Prospect Park Zoo is a zoo with decades of experience caring for Pallas's cats. He got his birthday rat treats, did a round of patrolling outside, and polished off his meal — the whole show, which I managed to miss entirely, unfortunately! Thank you for taking such a good care of them, Ashley!
Here's hoping both little cats stay healthy and live long lives! I'm already planning to come back next month for Sarnai's 10th birthday : )
types of Pears
remember "Grusha" means pear in russian
Polly with Bor for no reason :
Pazi asks for help!
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Pazi loses!!! 😭
The Potter Park quarterfinals! At this stage, Pazi is competing against a river otter (Pazi already competed against her in the finals in 2024, and he won!)
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Now you can sort photos on the website
🔆 You can now sort photos by date (when they were uploaded or taken), popularity, or the newest comments. Interestingly, the most popular photos were taken by zookeepers!
⚡If you sort the photos in a chosen manul’s gallery by when the photo was taken, you will see how a manul changes over time!
The Most Popular Manuls rating 🏆
Friends, did you know you can vote for your favorite manuls?
Take a look at the “The Most Popular Manuls” section — it’s calculated on the number of likes each manul has. You are the ones who decide who rises to the top of this fluffy ranking!
I don't know which one is Figa...
Two little rocks. (Picture not mine.)
Little Iris.
Picture not mine so I just post here
(By the way, sorry for the April's Fools's joke I just done. Im sorry for that)
Happy birthday Karaganda's offspring!
All jokes aside — today, April 1st, is the birthday of the magnificent offspring of Karaganda!
The heartthrob Innokenty from the Moscow Center for the Reproduction of Rare Species, Maneki-Neko from Tierpark Berlin, and the mysterious Siberian Girl* from Chomutov Zoo have all turned 11 today. Hooray! 🥳
Innokenty in Center for the reproduction of rare species of animals, January 28, 2026
Then this big Altai Otocolobus decided he also wanted a photoshoot — and even demanded his pics be posted on wed site!
How could anyone possibly say no?
😺😺😺
Happy birthday, Italian girls! 🎉
Today, March 31, is the birthday of Altana’s and Fellini’s daughters from Parco Faunistico La Torbiera — they’ve turned one year old! 🥳
All four beauties Ariunaa, Tsas, Tuya, and Saran have already grown up and moved to their new homes to their fluffy grooms (how fast manuls grow!).
Hobbies of the Manuls
The one thing that absolutely melts my heart is seeing that some of the manuls have some particular things they specialize in. That includes:
- Abrikos pretending she's a beaver chewing some trees.
- Nar who is the master of cleaning windows and apparently is fascinated by the Binturong that lives next to him.
- Lotos who is obsessed with his boxes (like all the cats but from what I see he's enjoying it the most).
- Bol and Polly which loved to just chill and contemplate in their favorite spots on the exibition.
Did you observe any other Pallas cats having some sort of interests or a hobby?
From Siberia to India!
The Great Manul Relocation
In mid-February, six Pallas’s cats from the Novosibirsk Zoo were moved to the Greens Zoological Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre, part of the Vantara project in India:
- Son of Eve 2024 Ⅱ;
- Son of Eve 2024 Ⅲ (Sychik*);
- Son of Eve 2024 Ⅳ;
- Son of Lolo 2024 Ⅵ;
- Lucky;
- Violetta.
Enjoy photos by manul pilgrim Hannah Bolam!
Dear manulover-friends, let’s take a moment to admire the wonderful photos by the manul pilgrim Hannah Bolam 😊
In her profile on the Manulization website, you’ll find a treasure trove of amazing manul photos from different countries!
For example, these young gentlecat from Lakeland:
Bat-Erdene in The Lakeland Wildlife Oasis, March 11, 2026
And here — the big-eyed beautiful Poes from Rotterdam Zoo:
Tuya in Parco Faunistico La Torbiera, May 11, 2025
The last daughter of Altana and Fellini from their fluffy Italian all-girl quartet of 2025 has recently left her home at Parco Faunistico La Torbiera and set off for her new one — to the Chemnitz Zoo in Germany, where her fiancé, Bob, is already waiting for her ❤️
Her name is Tuya (Туяа). It's a Mongolian name which means “a ray of light”.
On the homepage, you can now check who currently has their paws in the cake — don’t miss the chance to congratulate birthday fluffy manuls! 😁🥳
P.S. A manul appears in the birthday list for one day — on its birthday, according to the time zone where they currently lives.