Get the Season Zero pin set here: https://complexly.store/products/season-zero-pin-set Welcome to the first episode of a new format for Bizarre Beasts, which we’re calling Season Zero. Over the next year, we will be remastering episodes of Bizarre Beasts that were originally created for vlogbrothers. First up: the manul! These cats' adorable pupils, it turns out, are a mystery! AN ADORABLE MYSTERY! The Pallas's cat pin is designed by Evan Palmer. You can find out more about their work here: https://www.evanpalmercomics.com/ Follow us on socials: Twitter: https://twitter.com/bizarrebeasts Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bizarrebeastsshow/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BizarreBeastsShow/ #BizarreBeasts #cat #manul Host: Hank Green (he/him) ----- Sources: http://mentalfloss.com/article/90509/13-furry-facts-about-pallass-cat https://books.google.com/books?id=hzNBCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA45&dq=Pallas%27s+cat&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiB16nI6anRAhXC34MKHfJRAKgQ6AEIIDAB#v=onepage&q=Pallas's%20cat&f=true https://www.britannica.com/animal/Pallass-cat https://www.wired.com/2014/08/pallas-cat-facts/ https://www.iucnredlist.org/search?query=prionailurus&searchType=species https://www.whozoo.org/mammals/Carnivores/cats/Johnson.pdf https://felis-uk.com/2018/06/01/small-wild-cat-names-etymology/ https://animals.howstuffworks.com/mammals/pallas-cat.htm https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/211/17/2752/17739/Multifocal-optical-systems-and-pupil-dynamics-in https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.1500391 https://panthera.org/blog-post/small-cat-spotlight-pallass-cat-0 https://wildcatconservation.org/wild-cats/eurasia/pallas-cat/ ------ Images: https://tinyurl.com/589ndym6 https://tinyurl.com/3ts4dzre https://youtu.be/dQKCiUlanjM https://tinyurl.com/3abm7bf3 https://tinyurl.com/8reh7mh6 https://youtu.be/taVauWaV9Fw?si=RRKCj2-FozpQAFWl https://tinyurl.com/3t4z8y27 https://tinyurl.com/24c54wfx https://tinyurl.com/mr2vkm2b https://tinyurl.com/3u3ambkz https://tinyurl.com/bdd7hnyp https://tinyurl.com/53zw7x6v https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/close-up-of-gaboon-viper-snake-stock-footage/1290452552 https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/109429190 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/hawksbill-sea-turtle-chases-the-coral-catshark-stock-footage/1132037036 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/close-up-face-tiger-bengal-360-vr-wildlife-stock-footage/1135491463 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/the-eurasian-lynx-wild-animal-medium-sized-cat-slow-stock-footage/1328001363 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/otocolobus-manul-adult-on-branch-royalty-free-image/1225365167 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/manul-or-pallass-cat-otocolobus-manul-adult-royalty-free-image/1257159392 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/manul-or-pallass-cat-otocolobus-manul-portrait-of-royalty-free-image/1251704043 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/macro-photography-of-a-cats-eye-the-eye-of-a-domestic-stock-footage/1449942301 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/macro-view-of-man-eye-opening-and-being-amazed-stock-footage/683597096 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/domestic-cat-lying-on-sofa-and-hunting-stock-footage/1367505431 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/flying-by-redwood-trees-in-northern-california-forest-stock-footage/1495791703 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/stereo-pair-hawthorn-royalty-free-image/621840628 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/rabbit-stock-footage/472699959 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/cat-in-grass-windy-weather-stock-footage/483120067 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/wild-snake-coronella-austriaca-in-grass-looking-at-the-stock-footage/1129802364 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/manul-or-pallas-cat-otocolobus-manul-cute-wild-cat-from-stock-footage/1058449052 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/pallass-cat-russia-stock-footage/1182770199 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/pallas-cat-royalty-free-image/1279661859 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/close-up-portrait-of-manul-kitten-royalty-free-image/909036998 https://www.flickr.com/photos/macjewell/3177195057/ https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/pallass-cat-also-known-as-the-manul-royalty-free-image/486828138 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/pallas-cat-watching-out-royalty-free-image/175940636 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/portrait-of-a-rusty-spotted-cat-stock-footage/939605220 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/image-of-a-flat-headed-cat-wild-animals-royalty-free-image/679711028 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/fishing-cat-look-at-camera-stock-footage/1033796184 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leopard_Cat_(15437216207).jpg