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Plant eating Snow leopards

June 17 , 2024 13 days 107 0
  • Japanese scientists have found that, the snow leopard, the iconic predator of the snows of High Mountain Asia does eat plants.
  • The furry felid particularly eats plants of the Myricaria genus.
  • These plants are mostly shrubs and are found across the temperate parts of Europe and Asia.
  • The snow leopard is not the first cat to be found consuming plants.
  • There are 41 species of living felids or cats in the world.
  • Researchers have previously found plants in the faeces of 24 species.

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