Special Characteristics:==> Tail of 75 to 90 percent of body length.
==> Very agile hunter in rocky unstable parts of the mountain range.
==> Extremely secretive, historically mystical.
Averages
Weight: 27 and 54 kilograms (60 and 120 lb)
Body length: 75 to 130 centimetres (30 to 50 in)
Coat: Thick fur
Current population status: Estimated 5000 worldwide, impossible to get correct estimate presently.
Typical residence: 3,000 and 5,500 metres (9,800 and 18,000 ft) above sea level in the rocky mountain ranges of Central Asia.
Brief (Extracted from Wiki )
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Whats so special about this creature anyways? So it lives in high freezing locations, is agile, has a tail almost as long as its body.
But that ain't really it if you ask me ...
Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan (within its region) have it on tons of their coat of arms and all look at it in awe. Heck, the Bulgarian King has it on its coat of arms. so really whats the big deal really? Even Apple decided to call their latest operating system by the same name.
I guess its one of those creatures you have to see to believe. I have to thank BBC for its documentary Planet Earth which gave me a direct insight (as they claim for the first time in history EVER) into the tactics and abilities of the Snow Leopard.
Personally, I'm not too fond of cats, yeah they love me and I love them, but the selfish, feed me, rub me, me me me me meeeeee, behavior makes it a horrid pet choice for me considering the only thing the animal will give me in return is a shrug and occasionally beg me to rub its back. However, if indeed one day I have the opportunity, I will attempt to give the Snow Leopard a safe haven for its home. Its currently on the Endangered List, and even attempting to make any of them docile or house broken seems like an injustice in itself.
I couldn't find feeds from the BBC documentary but I did manage to find another documentary about these same mystical creatures ...
(1/6) Snow Leopard of Pakistan - Beyond the Myth
Subject: Snow Leopard Beyond the Myth 
