Surely they get solitary as they get older?
Do they still get exposed to a lot of human interaction and if so what happens to their little brains?
(, Sun 26 Feb 2012, 21:08, Reply)
This is a tricky one
In the wild snow leopards are very solitary; but it's their environment that makes them so. In captivity they are much more sociable. The long term plan is to concentrate on breeding these guys and then re-introduce their decedents to a safe reservation in India where they will be free from persecution by humans or conflict with farmers; at which point their off-spring will have no human contact what so ever. Step by step though.
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Jahled Three shades of black, Sun 26 Feb 2012, 21:27,
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Cheers for the answer!
Animal-human interaction fascinates me.
Fairly solitary creatures, like even housecats, seem fine to stay in a kitten-like social state for their entire lives with us and even things like falcons can be made sociable.
Maybe they just all want a friend, aawww. Especially the komodo dragons, komodos want friends.
Fuck your big cats, it's decided, I'm gonna breed komodos and video myself hugging them!
(, Sun 26 Feb 2012, 22:05, Reply)