One of the primary goals of this trip was to find Pallas’s cat. Just five years ago, they may have seemed impossible to me, as there was little footage of them outside of camera trap pictures and videos.

Seeing them in person gave me a great sense of why they’re so elusive. Their camouflage is excellent, and they prefer to hunker down low to the ground, “hiding” in plain sight. When they are retreating, they will move deliberately and ever so slowly. What...
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One of the primary goals of this trip was to find Pallas’s cat. Just five years ago, they may have seemed impossible to me, as there was little footage of them outside of camera trap pictures and videos.

Seeing them in person gave me a great sense of why they’re so elusive. Their camouflage is excellent, and they prefer to hunker down low to the ground, “hiding” in plain sight. When they are retreating, they will move deliberately and ever so slowly. What an oddball!
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