# Manul – the Cat that Time Forgot **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 22, 2011, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manul-the-cat-that-time-forgot/590030 "2011-07-22T21:15:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manul-the-cat-that-time-forgot/590030/1 "2011-07-22T21:15:51Z")
Knowing how Dopers are about cats, I’m obligated to share this. [Manul – the Cat that Time Forgot](http://www.arkinspace.com/2011/04/manul-cat-that-time-forgot.html) [QUOTE=Link] Have you ever wanted to take a trip through time to see what animals looked like millions of years ago? When it comes to cats there is little or no need. This beautiful specimen is a Manul, otherwise known as Pallas’s Cat. About twelve million years ago it was one of the first two modern cats to evolve and it hasn’t changed since. The other species, Martelli’s Cat, is extinct so what you are looking at here is a unique window in to the past of modern cats. [/QUOTE] Check out the eyes. ---
**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manul-the-cat-that-time-forgot/590030/2 "2011-07-22T21:22:59Z")
I believe it is Old Deuteronomy! Beautiful cat. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lavenderviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cdc98d/32.png) [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manul-the-cat-that-time-forgot/590030/3 "2011-07-22T21:36:15Z")
Wow, never heard of it before. Very interesting. I just wish that the commenters hadn’t started going off on evolution. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manul-the-cat-that-time-forgot/590030/4 "2011-07-22T21:50:59Z")
Want! It can live in my barn if it doesn’t like domestic life. StG ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manul-the-cat-that-time-forgot/590030/5 "2011-07-22T23:04:10Z")
Hm, that would be worth getting a wild animal license and seeing if I could get a pair once mrAru retires and we have the larger place… [they need the room because they are more solitary than normal domestic cats] I think they would be fascinating to work with. [my previous experience is with a mostly wolf hybrid] ---
**Author:** ![Pyper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pyper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyper)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manul-the-cat-that-time-forgot/590030/6 "2011-07-22T23:28:36Z")
Squeee! _submitting to [cuteoverload.com](http://cuteoverload.com)_ ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manul-the-cat-that-time-forgot/590030/7 "2011-07-23T00:39:38Z")
I’ve been trying to convince Mr. Lissar to let me have one. I started my campaign about five years ago, when I first saw pictures. Anything that fuzzy _wants_ to be loved and domesticated and snuggled, right? Right? Afghani wildcats make _good_ pets, right? Right? ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manul-the-cat-that-time-forgot/590030/8 "2011-07-23T00:49:21Z")
Amazing! Thanks for sharing; I had never heard of these before. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manul-the-cat-that-time-forgot/590030/9 "2011-07-23T00:51:16Z")
Oh dear. Maybe I shouldn’t tell you about the temperament of koalas? But yes, they do look like Old Deuteronomy, or possibly Loraxes (as someone else said in the Zooborns thread). ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manul-the-cat-that-time-forgot/590030/10 "2011-07-23T01:36:54Z")
Mr. Lissar thinks they look like owlcats. Clearly koalas also want to be cuddled. (Yes, yes, I know- grumpiest little buggers alive.) ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manul-the-cat-that-time-forgot/590030/11 "2011-07-23T02:11:30Z")
They look like a cross between a cat and a monkey. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manul-the-cat-that-time-forgot/590030/12 "2011-07-23T03:47:27Z")
Wow. That cat belongs on my volleyball team. What shoulders! ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manul-the-cat-that-time-forgot/590030/13 "2011-07-23T13:43:25Z")
What? No Pallas Cat kitten pix on that page? Well how about these: > **[ZooBorns](https://www.zooborns.typepad.com/zooborns/pallas-cat/)** > > The Newest and Cutest Exotic Baby Animals from Zoos and Aquariums Around the World! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manul-the-cat-that-time-forgot/590030/14 "2011-07-23T15:00:33Z")
Too bad they can’t be domesticated. I seriously want one. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manul-the-cat-that-time-forgot/590030/15 "2011-07-23T17:39:36Z")
Scene: a riverbank. Time: umpteen thousand BC. A prehistoric man is spearing fish in the river. After a while, he gets hungry and starts to gnaw on one of the fish that has been baking on a hot rock in the sun. A fuzzy yet graceful creature comes up and looks intently at first the fish, then the man. _"Ki teh?_" says the man, meaning, “Want some fish?” The cat nibbles at the fish, then sits down quietly beside the man, purring. Instinctively, the man reaches out to stroke the cat. The cat attacks the man’s hand as if to kill it. _"Kaat,_" snarls the man, meaning, “Little fucker.” He slings the day’s catch over his shoulder and, licking his wounds, heads home. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manul-the-cat-that-time-forgot/590030/16 "2011-07-23T18:31:44Z")
I think the sand cat was much cuter. And, they aren’t afraid of humans. ---
**Author:** ![you\_with\_the\_face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecccb3/32.png) [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manul-the-cat-that-time-forgot/590030/17 "2011-07-23T18:33:11Z")
That cat looks too intelligent for my liking. ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manul-the-cat-that-time-forgot/590030/18 "2011-07-23T18:45:56Z")
I want one! ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manul-the-cat-that-time-forgot/590030/19 "2011-07-23T21:53:59Z")
> [@you\_with\_the\_face](#): > > That cat looks too intelligent for my liking. I was thinking that too. They’re beautiful, but they look like they’re about to cause some serious mischief. It’s the eyes, I think. Very human looking. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manul-the-cat-that-time-forgot/590030/20 "2011-07-24T02:04:15Z")
> [@papergirl](#): > > Beautiful cat. 🙂 Really? I’ve always thought they were one of the ugliest members of the cat family (along with flat-headed cats). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manul-the-cat-that-time-forgot/590030.md?page=2)