Showing posts with label teratology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label teratology. Show all posts

Sunday, 2 December 2012

NEWSLINK: White tiger news

Vandalur's big cats have ears for this man
The Hindu
Nine-year-old Anu, the oldest white tigress at Vandalur zoo, tenses and perks her ears when she hears approaching footsteps. Nobody dares to cross the big cat's path as it's barely days since she delivered two female cubs at the zoo. But when caretaker K.
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Wednesday, 17 October 2012

NEWSLINK: Cat polydactyly

Why some cats have extra toes
Inside NoVA
Polydactyl cats are known by many names, from “Hemingway cat” and “mitten cat” to “big-foot cat” and “six-toed cat” — or even “cats with thumbs.” Interesting Facts. The first scientific record of polydactyls is in 1868. They were mostly found in the ...

Wednesday, 10 October 2012

TERATOLOGY/CRYPTOZOOLOGY: Maned lionesses explained

Weird & Wild: Rare Maned Lionesses Explained
National Geographic
... individual pictured below), where the lion population may carry a genetic disposition toward the phenomenon, according to Luke Hunter, president of the big-cat conservation group Panthera, which collaborates with National Geographic's Big Cats ...


This is a case which makes one think of the marozi or spotted lion case so beloved of some cryptozoologists