Brno Zoo / Зоопарк Брно
Zoo Brno
Brno, Czech Republic / Брно, Чехия
I find the Muztau’s page attaching a Kacha Kulios’ photo. In this picture the manul is as old as Rosa at the same time. Is he really Muztau? In my first glance, he looks very like Namika so that I doubt he is Chogori. After some discussions we think he is Manu, Namika’s grandfather, especially when we compared it with a photo posted on trapadvisor in 2017.
Am I right?
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Hey, thank you for raising this!
First of all I must say that the website is designed the way that a person who uploads photos states who’s on the photo 
We have a mechanism which allows anyone propose their on identification if they are not agree with what author stated and, we have a mechanism to vote for variants (upvote if you agree and downvote if you think that manul was identified not correctly). Right now it’s turned off but I hope I’ll make it work soon
I read the discussion you had and kinda couldn’t find any solid proofs… but anyways it’s worth checking.
We believe that this photo of Manu.
I found this photo Zoo Brno posted in 2014 and dots match with manul’s on Kacha’s photo. In 2014 in Brno Zoo were only Rosa and Manu. Since it’s not Rosa because Linmei took a photo of Rosa with Namika and dots don’t match.
I’ll link this photo to Manu now
I hope we will lunch this identification system soon and the whole process will be more… interactive and fun and anyone will be able to participate
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That’s so great! Thanks to all photographers’ contribution, we can compare and identify these round furry rock. 
Looking forward to this identification system. 
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Thank you for raising it!
Your skills in manul identification is great!
It’d be great if we could combine our efforts
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https://www.facebook.com/groups/1098827300480615/posts/2497915923905072
Автор фотографий Jiří Bukovský
Это Музтау?
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Hi, 2nd pic should be Muztau, cant tell the first one, might also be him
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Sad news from Brno Zoo: beautiful manulady Rosa passed away in February, and her daughter Chogori in May.
Rosa was a true fluffy matriarch of an entire dynasty of Czech “mountain” manuls and made a tremendous contribution to the population of these amazing wild cats. Her descendants live in zoos all around the world!
We were lucky enough to meet her in purrson: she was unique — with big, wide-open eyes the color of lemonade; gorgeous, graceful, mysterious, and thoughtful. There was something theatrical in her manners and movements (We instantly understood who her daughter Namika from the Leningrad Zoo takes after!
). Watching her was pure joy: as if we were the audience of a silent play performed by a very enigmatic, fluffy actress on soft velvet paws.
As for her daughter Chogori, we only managed to see her once. She preferred to stay inside her house, and only occasionally one could catch her grumpy, signature manul stare through the window, showing just half of her face.
We are deeply saddened that these wonderful manuls are no longer with us.
Endless sunny steppe in the sky to you, our fluffy treasures! 
Печальные известия из зоопарка Брно: в феврале этого года не стало прекрасной Розы, а в мае — её дочки Чогори.
Роза была настоящим пушистым матриархом целой династии чешских «горных» манулов и внесла огромный вклад в популяцию этих удивительных диких кошек. Её потомки живут в зоопарках по всему миру!
Нам посчастливилось познакомиться с ней котолично: она была неподражаема — с большими широко распахнутыми глазами цвета лимонада, роскошная, плавная, загадочная, задумчивая. В её манерах и движениях было что-то забавное и даже театральное (мы сразу поняли, в кого такая актриса ее дочка Намика из Ленинградского зоопарка!). Наблюдать за ней было сплошным удовольствием: словно мы зрители немого спектакля одной очень таинственной пушистой актрисы на мягких бархатных лапках.
А вот с её дочкой Чогори нам удалось познакомиться лишь одним глазком — в буквальном смысле: всё время она сидела в домике, и только изредка удавалось поймать на себе её суровый, фирменный манулий взгляд в окошке, видя лишь половину мордочки.
Нам очень жаль, что этих прекрасных манулов больше нет с нами💔
Бескрайней и солнечной небесной степи вам, пушистые драгоценности! 
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