There is no doubt that the snow leopard is a carnivore like other big cats. But they are also vegetarian!

What is the snow leopard doing in this picture? At that time, we thought it might be grinding its teeth. Later, we carefully watched the video recorded at the same time and determined that it was eating tamarisk twigs. (the photo was taken in Delikong village, Zhengke Township, Shiqu County in 2018.)

《Snow Leopard》, the professional  book about snow leopard, mentions about  snow leopards consuming vegetation." Shaller(1998) said that vegetation made up 2.2-11% of scats from four sites in Qinghai China and included twigs of Tamarix" " Chundawat and Rawat(1994) actually observed one snow leopard feeding on a Myricaria bush after it had fed on a kill"

Fresh snow leopard feces

《Snow Leopard》alsi said: " Snow leopards are not physiologically adapted to digest plant cellulose so the reasons for consuming vegetation are not clear. 

Snow leopard walking thorough tamarisk