The little snow leopard that could.

[plonq]

I almost wish I was going to EFF just so I could buy one of these shirts. When I saw the picture on the shirt, my first thought was, "Hey... wait a minute!" As you can see it bears a striking resemblance to a picture I shot at the zoo here and posted online about a dozen years back. I have seen my picture pop up a few different places, and I wondered if it was making another appearance. Apparently the source material for the shirt came from Flickr though, and a quick browse through the extensive snow leopard archives reveals that tail chewing may be surprisingly common in our little friend Uncia uncia.



Here is the one that I took, which still amuses me after all these years.



Damn, now I have this stupid little vignette stuck in my head of Plonq sitting in a TCA¹ meeting.

"Hi, my name is Plonq and I'm a tail chewer. I tried bandages and bitter apple, but nothing seemed to be working, so here I am."

¹ TCA = Tail Chewers Anonymous

Comments

[pfcottontail.livejournal.com]

That kitty is going to town! I could see those dudes getting domesticated by incredibly wealthy women who keep them as pets and carry them around in strollers, tails draped over their necks as scarves.

[unciaa.livejournal.com]

I still have that photo of yours. It was my wallpaper for aaaaages. :)

[warheart.livejournal.com]

LOL I wonder why they do that! My cat Nia beats up his own tail, maybe he is part snow leopard.