Alie Ward

Surprising Reasons.

And it mentions that yes, wild snow leopards also do this when resting or when stressed because they fumbled their prey.

It's like drowning your sorrows in your own tail.

But in environments that can reach 40 degrees below,

stuffing the furry rope made out of yourself in your mouth can help heat up air before it hits nasal passages.

By the way, how are they even surviving at that altitude from a respiratory standpoint?

So the percentage of oxygen in the air is the same, even if you're atop Kilimanjaro, but the air is thinner due to lower atmospheric pressure.

So you're getting less oxygen per breath.

So how does one survive?

I don't know, because I don't study this shit.

So I consulted the 2015 study titled, Genetically Based Low Oxygen Affinities of Phelid Hemoglobins, Lack of Biochemical Adaptation to High Altitude Hypoxia on the Snow Leopard, reported that researchers believe

They believe snow leopards compensate for the poor oxygen capacity of their blood by simply breathing harder, and thus they survive well in this high-altitude habitat.

But one author on this study noted at the end with, like, a hint of exasperation, quote, we still don't know how snow leopards adapt to high altitudes.

Our study raised more questions than it answered, which sounds like they need to stuff a snow leopard tail in their mouth for some self-soothing.

Well, you mentioned something about growing up and as a snow leopard, Reese Perrini wanted to know, how do they live in such harsh and dangerous environments?

Peter Hankins had that question too.

But Reese Perrini wanted to know, what does a good mom do to teach their babies how to survive and hunt on the sides of cliffs?

How do they do it?

Jennifer Gordon wants to know why they're so bouncy.

They act like they have springs and rubber in their legs.