Myt favourite wild cat is the Pallas’s Cat, (Otocolobus manul) also called the manul. It occurs to be the fluffiest cat on the earth, however with brief ears which can be additionally adaptive in its chilly habitat. There are sixty zoos that hold them for captive breeding packages, and on manul, in Poland, has been declared the World’s Best Manul (winner of the “Manul World Cup”) after an internet voting marketing campaign. Click the article under to go to the piece from the Notes from Poland:
The nooz and a tweet:
A wild cat named Magellan (pictured above) from a zoo in Poland has been named the world’s greatest manul – the species to which he belongs – following a viral on-line marketing campaign in Poland that noticed a number one politician and even the military be a part of efforts to assist him win over 125,000 public votes.
“WE HAVE A CHAMPION!!!!! You are great! Magellan the most important and beautiful manul in the world 2023!!!!!!!!” wrote Poznań Zoo on Facebook.
The Winner is… #Magellan #Poznan #Zoo #Manul #PallassCat
— Zoo Poznan (@PoznanZoo) December 12, 2023
They have been celebrating Magellan’s victory within the Manul World Cup, an off-the-cuff on-line contest organised to search out the most well-liked member of the species, which is also called Pallas’s cat and is native to Central Asia.
Magellan – who is known as after the well-known Portuguese explorer as a result of he escaped from the zoo in 2020 – obtained round 127,000 votes within the remaining, narrowly defeating his rival Bol from Japan, who received round 113,000.
“Now we have to fund him a ship,” Poznań Zoo wrote after the animal’s victory, encouraging folks to assist increase money for a brand new enclosure. They famous that amongst Magellan’s skills is “pretending to be a stone” however that “the rest of the world annoys him”.
Among these to lend their assist was Radosław Fogiel, an MP and former spokesman for the Law and Justice (PiS) occasion that dominated Poland till this week.
Ahead of Magellan’s semi-final towards Stubsi, a rival from Germany, Fogiel tweeted: “Magellan needs you! Here’s our chance to beat the German furball in the vote!”
The 1st Warsaw Armored Brigade additionally encouraged folks to vote whereas STS, the biggest Polish betting firm, opened on-line bets on the occasion.
Malgorzata’s translation of the publish above: (along with her feedback in italics):
Well, it’s a bit silly plea for donations. As you most likely know, this cat, named Magellan, has gained a world competitors and now the ZOO the place he lives needs folks to donate money. Here is the interpretation of the phrases beneath his image:
“I provides you with distinctive thanks. Because I would like a ship. Magellan with out a ship is like …. Magellan with out a ship. I’m smart. I understand how to faux to be a stone. The remainder of the world irritates me. If I’m now the Best, I now want a ship most of all. For me to not sulk you, my devoted topics, can change your votes into gold*right here. Otherwise I’ll escap[e again.”
And underneath is a bank account where the money can be paid.
I think they wanted to make it funny but, frankly, it’s not funny. Just stupid. I wonder whether anybody will make a donation to the ZOO.
But the zoo loves Magellan. Another tweet, apparently during the voting), translated by Google:
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Here’s a seies of cats in nativity scenes, sent in by reader Grant Palmer. Every such scene needs a cat Jesus!
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And a Dodo story about the rescue of three tiny frozen kittens. In Dodoland, everything always comes out good in the end.
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Lagniappe: A calendar that you would be able to purchase here. But get it rapidly, as 2024 is about to begin!
h/t: Ginger Ok., Grant, Malcolm
