Saturday, May 27, 2017

Black panthers have spots, but you can only see them with an infrared camera


Or, when the light is just right.  That is one luxurious pelt.



2 comments:

  1. They're apex predators of a high order.

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  2. Cats are fascinating- well-adapted predators in the wild, as pets those instincts lurk just beneath a veneer of domestication.
    Thanks for posting these, C.W. They prompted me to take a closer look at cat camo.

    I have a Leopard skin, shot by a relative in the early 1900s. It is nearly 10 feet long and mounted on a wall in my home. Quite startling to first-time visitors.

    My HouseCat #3 is a gray tabby. The individual hairs have alternating bands of color- gray, white, tan and black. In the black striped areas each hair terminates in a black band, in other areas the tip colors vary at random.

    HC #1 was an all-black shorthair, a mighty huntress. As she matured, subtle but distinct black tiger stripes became visible on her coat. These were noticeable only in bright sunlight. A beautiful Cat.
    RIP, Flimsy.

    The Leopard's coat is short and coarse with rather stiff fur each of a single color: spots are a dark coffee brown, the rest is tawny-colored.

    Hope this didn't bore you.

    =TW=

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