With age he became more secretive and cautious even with the zoo staff.
Employees of the Leningrad Zoo said that Shu the manul stopped appearing in the social networks of the institution, because he grew up and now prefers to hide from cameras. In the press service of the zoo noted that his mother Namika raised her cub, and now it has become more difficult to catch him in the camera lens, and almost the only opportunity to look at him are camera keepers, which are located on the outside of the enclosure.
Manul Shu was born at the zoo on May 24, 2023. As a kitten, he was a real star with visitors, showing off his hunting skills. But as he got older, he began to appear in public less often, and even the zoo staff he inspects warily.
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