Close encounter with a snow leopard. 📽: Philippe Matteini

looks like the camera is not so tasty

If you think wildlife doesn’t notice things out of place, you’d be wrong…🤓

Beautiful animals.

Did you know? They can’t roar. Unlike lions, tigers, or jaguars, snow leopards lack the specialized larynx structure instead, they purr, growl, hiss, and make a unique chuffing greeting sound.

Snow leopards: The ghost of the mountains. 3–5 kg tail for balance, can leap 15m in one bound, drop 60m onto prey. Fur so thick they sleep in –40 °C. Only ~4,500–7,000 left across 12 countries; they’re so elusive most camera traps catch them once a decade. Apex ninja of the Himalayas

You 🫵🏼 must pass the sniff inspection

Lol - gotta slap it and taste it to see what it is!🩶😄🩶

Wow, cameraman almost became lunch!!

my god do you know how rare getting this footage is?

That double check to see if it's edible 😂😆🤣. God speed mister leopard.

Absolutely magnificent cat….

Stop looking at me swaaaan

@diego_nagarah o dia que eu te adotei

@Azharpatel11

One of the rarest animals there is!🥰🤩

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very close encounter lol

Wait they turn brownish in spring👀

Very close...

Beautiful

I wanna pet dat cat

I want kiss the big kitty!

Check out @snowleopards for more excellent footage and information about these fabulous cats.

That’s the most beautiful animal I’ve ever seen.

GET OFF, MY LAND !!!!

@SarianSoftPaws

wow

Is this IA? @grok

It's always odd whenever predators or just wild animals in general are just weirdly friendly sometimes

thats so cute but i scared me when it knocked the camera 😵

Kitty <3

Beauty