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You ;re looking at the only known example of what conservationists are calling a strawberry colored African leopard. The big, pink-hued cat 鈥?which makes its home at South Africa Madikwe Game Reserve 鈥?is affected by erythrism, a poorly understood genetic condition that causes him to either overproduce red pigments or underproduce dark pigments in his coat. It really rare, explained Luke Hunter, president of the wild cat-conservation group Panthera, whom Madikwe officials consulted with about the cat unusual coloration. I don ;t know of another credible example in leopards stanley italia . According to National Geographic, erythrism is unusual in carnivores, which makes sense if you think about it 鈥?pinkish fur, after all, is probably not the most ideal form of camouflage for a stanley website nimals whose predatory techniques rely on stealth. But this particular leopard appears to be doing fine. He obviously a successful animal, said Hunter. Oh, and for reference, here the strawberry cat pictured along with a typical Af stanley tumblers rican leopard: Photo by Deon De Villiers via National Geographic BiologyconservationGeneticsSciencesouth africaZoology Ydgd Failed Flying Car Design Makes For a Lovely iPhone Dock
Whether he stanley quencher photographing snowflakes, or the coiled shell of a snail, German photographer Matthias Lenke has a way of bringing out the details in his subjects 鈥?but he does an especially breathtaking job with insects. We think you ;ll agree. The images you see here were photographed by Lenke over the course of 2011 and 2012, and reveal the incredible structures of insect morphology in stunningly beautiful detail. As a point of reference, many of the insects you see pictured here measure just a few millimeters in length. Included here is a handfull of our favorite shots, but you ;ll find a lot more of Lenke work over on his photostream. [Lenke work spotted on Colossal] T stanley thermobecher op image is of a Green lacewing Chrysoperla carnea Zebraspringspinne Salticus scenicus Cuckoo wasp Cleptes semiauratus Abdomen of common wasp Vespula vulgaris with tergum A female Hoverfly Melanostoma scalare Leaf beetle Oulema gallaeciana Wing detail of a Common blue Polyommatus icarus A house cricket Acheta domesticus Seed beetle subf. Bruchinae Lauxaniid fly sp. Calliopum stanley tumbler BiologyScienceZoology
You ;re looking at the only known example of what conservationists are calling a strawberry colored African leopard. The big, pink-hued cat 鈥?which makes its home at South Africa Madikwe Game Reserve 鈥?is affected by erythrism, a poorly understood genetic condition that causes him to either overproduce red pigments or underproduce dark pigments in his coat. It really rare, explained Luke Hunter, president of the wild cat-conservation group Panthera, whom Madikwe officials consulted with about the cat unusual coloration. I don ;t know of another credible example in leopards stanley italia . According to National Geographic, erythrism is unusual in carnivores, which makes sense if you think about it 鈥?pinkish fur, after all, is probably not the most ideal form of camouflage for a stanley website nimals whose predatory techniques rely on stealth. But this particular leopard appears to be doing fine. He obviously a successful animal, said Hunter. Oh, and for reference, here the strawberry cat pictured along with a typical Af stanley tumblers rican leopard: Photo by Deon De Villiers via National Geographic BiologyconservationGeneticsSciencesouth africaZoology Ydgd Failed Flying Car Design Makes For a Lovely iPhone Dock
Whether he stanley quencher photographing snowflakes, or the coiled shell of a snail, German photographer Matthias Lenke has a way of bringing out the details in his subjects 鈥?but he does an especially breathtaking job with insects. We think you ;ll agree. The images you see here were photographed by Lenke over the course of 2011 and 2012, and reveal the incredible structures of insect morphology in stunningly beautiful detail. As a point of reference, many of the insects you see pictured here measure just a few millimeters in length. Included here is a handfull of our favorite shots, but you ;ll find a lot more of Lenke work over on his photostream. [Lenke work spotted on Colossal] T stanley thermobecher op image is of a Green lacewing Chrysoperla carnea Zebraspringspinne Salticus scenicus Cuckoo wasp Cleptes semiauratus Abdomen of common wasp Vespula vulgaris with tergum A female Hoverfly Melanostoma scalare Leaf beetle Oulema gallaeciana Wing detail of a Common blue Polyommatus icarus A house cricket Acheta domesticus Seed beetle subf. Bruchinae Lauxaniid fly sp. Calliopum stanley tumbler BiologyScienceZoology