A mother is very protective of her cubs for the first two months of life, as they are very vulnerable. When Sabu is pregnant, zookeepers put a microphone in her den so they can hear the mewing sounds when cubs are born. They don t see the cubs for weeks because zookeepers give Sabu her privacy. It is illegal to hunt snow leopards because they are highly endangered, but some people still kill them for their beautiful coats. Unlike other leopards, the snow leopard does not roar.
Snow leopards eat wild goats, blue sheep, ibexes, hares and even birds.