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boba_jagoda

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PostSubject: Color variations/morphs in wild mammals   Color variations/morphs in wild mammals EmptyThu Jul 03, 2014 2:40 pm

Not so long ago, I knew about the e.g. white lion, tiger, black leopard, jaguar, but I did not give it so much thought.
Lately I've also came across various colored zebras, camels, dears and since I am fascinated by such color variations, maybe it would be nice to have a topic that kind of explaines such oddities.
I am sure that there are many people here who know more about these topics (maybe some biologists), but for a layman like me finding out something new about this is very interesting.
I just put the word "wild" in the title to avoid discussing dog, cat or horse colors.
I wan't to know more about the general mechanisams for such variations, so here we go..

Big cats:
This is a great graph of big cat color variation I found on the net, unfortunately not very sharp (non mine):
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Zebras:
also a group of images I took off the net (not mine):
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Foxes: (image not mine)
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And some other animals:
Giraffe:
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Moose:
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Camel:
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Various deers:
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I am sure there is infinitely more to say about this topic, so feel free to share what you know Very Happy



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PostSubject: Re: Color variations/morphs in wild mammals   Color variations/morphs in wild mammals EmptyThu Jul 03, 2014 2:44 pm

I love seeing unusual colors in animals, they're very neat to look at cheers Thank you for sharing!

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PostSubject: Re: Color variations/morphs in wild mammals   Color variations/morphs in wild mammals EmptyThu Jul 03, 2014 3:12 pm

Fascinating indeed  Shocked 

A SPOTTED ZEBRA !!!! I never dreamt that they existed  cheers 

The danger about these mutations is that humans always want to have more of them, - like we see with the white tigers and lions  Rolling Eyes 

Colour mutations are enormously interesting  Applause 

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PostSubject: Re: Color variations/morphs in wild mammals   Color variations/morphs in wild mammals EmptyThu Jul 03, 2014 4:15 pm

Thank you, thats very very interesting!

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PostSubject: Re: Color variations/morphs in wild mammals   Color variations/morphs in wild mammals EmptyThu Jul 03, 2014 6:43 pm

You are right Susanne, same with colored foxes and such.

Very, very interesting to see all those different color variations.

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