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Thursday, June 21, 2012

A strawberry coloured leopard...





So there is such terrible news going around about poaching and the death of our animals – and it seems so bleak for Wildlife in Africa… Then I hear about a rare type of leopard that has been spotted in a reserve in Mpumalanga – and it kinda makes me feel all warm and fuzzy – it’s a strawberry coloured leopard. Yes strawberry coloured…

Normal leopards have a tawny coat with black spots but this one may have erythrism, a little-understood genetic condition that's thought to cause either an overproduction of red pigments or an underproduction of dark pigments.



How awesome is this?

I really hope that it doesn't fall prey to a poacher.

Source: http://www.ecr.co.za/kagiso/content/en/east-coast-radio/east-coast-radio-blogs-damon-beard?oid=1591176&sn=Detail&pid=6028&A-Pink-leopard- 

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