One Russian farmer found a litter of kittens in his barn – or at least that's what they seemed to be until the man discovered the truth. The tiny kittens clearly needed his help to survive. Yet, they looked different than any other kittens the farmer had seen before.

To identify what kind of care they needed, the man called the Daursky Nature Reserve, where they confirmed that these were not regular cats. They were animals known as Palla's cats or Manuls, a rare species of wild cats that are native to Central Asia.