What is a snow leopard?
The snow leopard ( Panthera uncia ), also known as the ounce, is a large cat native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia. It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List because the global population is estimated to number less than 10,000 mature individuals and decline about 10% until 2040.
Is this the world’s first humanoid robot?
The WABOT-1, unveiled in 1973 by Tokyo’s Waseda University, is thought to be the world’s first full-scale humanoid robot. Humanoid robots have come a long way since the WABOT-1, but they still have not made their way out into the real world.
Did the snow leopard and Lion hybridise?
The mitochondrial genomes of the snow leopard, the leopard and the lion ( P. leo) are more similar to each other than their nuclear genomes, indicating that their ancestors hybridised at some point in their evolution.
Do snow leopards attack humans?
It has not been reported to attack humans, is easily driven away from livestock and readily abandons kills, often without defending itself. Snow leopards become sexually mature at two to three years, and normally live for 15–18 years in the wild.