The Mysterious Manul of Yerevan Zoo! 📦
Friends, we have some amazing news: Yerevan Zoo is home to not two, but THREE manuls! 🔥
We've already met the orange pair Nano and Mano. But who is this mysterious third floof? 👀
Meet this charming manulady Naré. According to the zoologists, she is around one year old.
She arrived at Yerevan Zoo after Nano and Mano, but just like them, she came here from the wild in Iran.
When she arrived at the zoo, she was severely underweight. But Armenian hospitality and generous portions work wonders (we’ve tested this ourselves 😹)!
Naré has already gained weight: she is active, energetic, cheerful in true manul fashion 😈, curious, and, it seems to us, completely settled into her new home.
She is also very brave! If you come too close to the edge of her territory, she may boldly run up to the glass to make it perfectly clear whose territory it is! 😼
But most importantly, Naré is one of the most blissful and life-enjoying manuls we've ever seen! 😌
Lying down like a fluffy seal, stretching like a yoga master, extending her paws, and napping in the warm rays of the sun… Oh, it seems she is a true master of the art! 👌🏻
So, Yerevan Zoo is home to not two, but THREE Pallas's cats: one male Mano and two females Nano and Nare! 🔥
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Wow, now that’s news!
Her bright ginger paws are simply something else. The only question is: should she count as a ginger manul too? Or is she a gray-and-ginger hybrid?
Her eyes are as beautiful as emeralds, and she looks like a baguette in the last photo. Hahaha.
Looking at Mano and Nare, it seems they are brother and sister
Oh, what a beauty! 💘
What a surprise! Yerevan knows how to amaze!
Red felt boots ✅
Red mittens ✅
Mischievous little trickster ✅
Abazhamka 💯
Yerevan knitwear 🤗🥰
I hereby declare Nare my favorite. Because.
My gosh so adorable ❤️🥰😍
Such unexpected, but happy news.
What lovely little eyes she has, and those ginger paws, and that little face 😍
Does Nare live separately from the other manuls?
But they have an outdoor enclosure there without glass.
What a green-eyed wonder! She’s amazing! And I’m glad she was helped, fed up, and saved... So now she definitely knows the value of a well-fed life!
Thank you for the news and the wonderful photos!
I wonder, what does the name Nare mean?
She's so incredibly beautiful! I love how relaxed she looks. Like after struggling to survive in the wild, she knows now she never has to worry about anything ever again!
And why does she have a different subspecies from Mano and Nano?
helga ingvar, The name can be translated as life, love, warmth. In my opinion, it suits this ginger girl who loves to bask very well 🥰
anna_yu, Yes, Nare lives separately🤗
She has her own private house with a great view, air conditioning, and evening choir performances by frogs in the little pond next door😁👌🏻
Right now she lives here, but later the zoo would like to build her a new outdoor enclosure next to Mano and Nano.
cowboygod, Oh, thank you for noticing! That’s a mistake. She’s also manul ferruginea, just like Nano and Mano.
We’ve fixed it 👌🏻
mnamosyna (rachael), Oh yes! Roman says that Nare reminded him of his cats, whom he picked up off the street. At first they looked frightened, but soon they too were lying blissfully and carelessly on the little blanket, with their paws splayed out😁🤗
And her eyes are lined in black — a true Iranian woman
helga ingvar, One version of the origin of her name traces it to the Persian nār — “pomegranate”; in Armenian, pomegranate is նուռ (nur). In Armenian culture, the pomegranate symbolizes life, femininity, love, fertility, and the continuation of the family line. At weddings, newlyweds are often given pomegranates with a blessing so that they will have many children, like the seeds in a pomegranate. Another version links the name to the Arabic nār — “fire,” so Naré can also be associated with flame and warmth.
Roman Paulovverified_filled ,
Thank you for such a detailed answer!
Анастасия, What a beautifully chosen name!
Vika Malyshkoverified_filled ,
What picturesque places!
An honorary orange manul
Just wooow, she's beautiful! I'm glad we can all see her pictures now! She looks so calm and happy! ❤️🩹💖