Cryptozoology, Mutation, and Malformation

In cryptozoology, a pseudoscience, a cryptid (from the Greek κρύπτω, krypto, meaning "hide") is an animal whose existence cryptozoologists believe has been suggested but has not been discovered or documented by the scientific community or by direct evidence. The terminology has also entered modern lexicon outside of the pseudosciences.[4][5][6] According to adherents, cryptids often appear in folklore and mythology, leading to stories and unfounded belief about their existence. Well-known examples include the Yeti in the Himalayas, the Loch Ness Monster in Scotland, Sasquatch in North America, the Jersey Devil in the New Jersey Pine Barrens, the Mothman in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, and the Chupacabra in Latin America. (Wikipedia)

Often considered a marginalized practice or a farcical adventure, cryptozoology is the quest for unknown, rumored, or hidden animals.

 


Cryptozoology

Cryptozoology

Cryptozoology

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Thylacine

Thylacine

The Thylacine was the largest known carnivorous marsupial of modern times. It is commonly known as the Tasmanian Tiger (because of its striped back), the Tasmanian Wolf etc

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Cryptozoology

Cryptozoology

Cryptozoology

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Cryptozoology

Cryptozoology

Cryptozoology

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Gerenuk (long-necked antelope)

Gerenuk (Litocranius walleri)   Gerenuk (Litocranius walleri)

The gerenuk (Litocranius walleri), also known as the giraffe gazelle, is a long-necked antelope found in the Horn of Africa and the African Great Lakes region.
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Proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus)

Proboscis monkey   Proboscis monkey

Proboscis monkey   Proboscis monkey in Borneo

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10 Most Amazing Extinct Animals

10 Most Amazing Extinct Animals

10 Most Amazing Extinct Animals (Link)   Copy

5 Most Ugliest Bald Animals

5 Most Ugliest Bald Animals

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Blue Monkey (Cercopithecus mitis)

Blue Monkey   Blue Monkey (Cercopithecus mitis)

Blue Monkey   Blue Monkey (Cercopithecus mitis) by stream in Lake Manyara Park, Tanzania
The blue monkey or diademed monkey (Cercopithecus mitis) is a species of Old World monkey native to Central and East Africa.
Despite its name, the blue monkey is not noticeably blue: it has little hair on its face, and this does sometimes give a blue appearance, but it never has the vivid blue appearance of a mandrill, for example. It is mainly olive or grey apart from the face (which is dark with a pale or yellowish patch on the forehead - the "diadem" from which the species derives its common name), the blackish cap, feet and front legs, and the mantle, which is brown, olive or grey depending on the subspecies. (Wikipedia)

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Brown Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca qinlingensis)

Brown Panda   Qinling Brown Panda (Cercopithecus mitis)

Blue Monkey   Qinling "Brown" Panda
The Qinling panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca qinlingensis) is a subspecies of the giant panda, discovered in the 1960s but not recognized as a subspecies until 2005. Disregarding the nominate subspecies, it is the first giant panda subspecies to be recognized. It differs from the more familiar nominate subspecies by its smaller skull and dark brown and light brown (rather than black and white) fur, and its smaller overall size. There are an estimated 200–300 Qinling pandas living in the wild. (Wikipedia)

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Reference: Wikipedia Qinling panda   dailymail.co.uk Extremely rare brown panda  

King cheetah

King cheetah   King cheetah

Left: King cheetah     Right: King cheetah
The King Cheetah has a recessive fur pattern mutation. First discovered in Zimbabwe in 1926, this very rare animal has been seen in the wild only 6 times. (commons.wikimedia.org)
The king cheetah is a variety of cheetah with a rare mutation for cream-coloured fur marked with large, blotchy spots and three dark, wide stripes extending from their neck to the tail. In 1926 Major A. Cooper wrote about an animal he had shot near modern-day Harare. Describing the animal, he noted its remarkable similarity to the cheetah, but the body of this individual was covered with fur as thick as that of a snow leopard and the spots merged to form stripes. He suggested that it could be a cross between a leopard and a cheetah. After further similar animals were discovered, it was established they were similar to the cheetah in having non-retractable claws – a characteristic feature of the cheetah. (Wikipedia)

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King leopard

King leopard   Indian leopards

Left: King leopard   The so-called “king leopard” in this picture was captured on a camera trap in the Parambikulam forests of the Palakkad district of Kerala, India, in July of 2012. The strange coat pattern is likely the result of a genetic mutation, similar to that of the more commonly-recognized king cheetah of Africa.
Right: Indian leopards at Nagarhole National Park, Kabini, Karnataka, India.   Indian leopards have larger black rosettes.

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References: tumblr.com king leopard   Wikipedia Indian leopard  

White cheetah (Spotless cheetah)

White cheetah (Spotless cheetah)

White cheetah (Spotless cheetah)

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References: gizmodo.com We found a cryptid! Meet the white cheetah.   weirdanimalreport.com The mysterious and elusive "white cheetah".  


White Leopard (Albino Leopard)

Albino Leopard

Albino Leopard Taxidermy at Rothschild Museum, Tring.
A white panther is a white specimen of any of several species of larger cat. "Panther" is used in some parts of North America to mean the Cougar (Puma concolor), in South America to mean the Jaguar (Panthera onca) and elsewhere it refers to the Leopard (Panthera pardus). A white panther may therefore be a white cougar, a white jaguar or a white leopard. Of these, white leopards appear to be the most common, although still very rare.

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Albino sea turtle

Albino sea turtle   Albino sea turtle

Albino sea turtle     Albino sea turtle

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Albino Hedgehog

Albino Hedgehog   Albino Hedgehog

Albino Hedgehog     Albino Hedgehog

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Albino Bat

Albino Bat   A Honduran tent bat

Left: Albino Bat
Right: A Honduran tent bat mist-netted at La Selva Biological Station, Heredia, Costa Rica

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Reference: Wikipedia Honduran white bat  

White tiger

White Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)   king leopard

Left: White Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) in the Zoo de Madrid, Spain.
Right: White tiger (Video) in Tobu Zoo, Japan.
The white tiger is a pigmentation variant of the Bengal tiger, which is reported in the wild from time to time in the Indian states of Assam, West Bengal and Bihar in the Sunderbans region and especially in the former State of Rewa. Such a tiger has the black stripes typical of the Bengal tiger, but carries a white or near-white coat. (Wikipedia)

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References: Wikipedia White tiger   commons.wikimedia.org Category:White tiger  

White Lion

White Lion   king leopard

Left: White Lion - African Lion (Panthera leo krugeri) Bratislava Zoo, Slovakia.
Right: White lion family (Video) in Tobu Zoo, Japan.
The white lion is a rare color mutation of the Timbavati area. White lions are the same as the tawny African Lion (Panthera leo krugeri) found in some wildlife reserves in South Africa and in zoos around the world. White lions are not a separate subspecies and are thought to be indigenous to the Timbavati region of South Africa for centuries, although the earliest recorded sighting in this region was in 1938. (Wikipedia)

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White elephant

White elephant   A newborn white elephant

Left: White elephant at Naypyidaw's Uppatasanti Pagoda, Thailand.
A white elephant is a rare kind of elephant, but not a distinct species. Although often depicted as snow white, their skin is normally a soft reddish-brown, turning a light pink when wet. They have fair eyelashes and toenails. The traditional "white elephant" is commonly misunderstood as being albino, but the Thai term chang samkhan, actually translates as 'auspicious elephant', being "white" in terms of an aspect of purity.
White elephants are only nominally white. Of those currently kept by the Burmese rulers—General Than Shwe regards himself as the heir of the Burmese kings—one is grey and the other three are pinkish, but all are officially white. The king of Thailand also keeps a number of white elephants. Former U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew once presented a white elephant to King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia. (Wikipedia)
Right: A newborn white elephant (Link: nationalgeographic.com) Lucky Elephant, A newborn white elephant gets a bath in Naypyidaw, Myanmar (Burma), in 2012. In Thailand, white elephants are considered lucky because they're associated with the birth of the Buddha.

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References: Wikipedia White elephant (animal)   dailymail.co.uk Now that's what I call a white elephant.


African elephant coats himself in clay and mud
African elephant coats himself in clay and mud  

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Albino cobra

Albino cobra

Albino cobra Chennai, India

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References: The Telegraph, uk Rare albino cobra unable to survive in wild.   weirdanimalreport.com The mysterious and elusive "white cheetah" .  

White Gorilla (Albino Gorilla)

White Gorilla   Light-colored black bear

White Gorilla - Snowflake (Spanish: Copito de Nieve; c. 1964 – November 24, 2003) was an albino Western lowland gorilla. He was kept at Barcelona Zoo in Spain from 1966 until his death in 2003. (Wikipedia)
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White black bear

Light-colored black bear cubs   Light-colored black bear

Light-colored black bear cubs Mother brown bear with two light-colored cubs and a third more typically colored cub.
Light-colored black bear This light-colored black bear has been roaming the Skagway area since it was a cub. Photo courtesy Andrew Cremata.

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White black bear  

White black bear described as albino, but this historical specimen appears to be the white colour morph due to dark features, Rothschild Museum, Tring, England.

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Albino children

Albino children   Albino children

Albino children     Albino children
A black mother has baffled scientists after giving birth to three albino children. Parents Rosemere Fernandes de Andrade and her partner Joao are dark-skinned Afro-Brazilians, yet three of their five children are albinos. (dailymail.co.uk)

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Albino peacock

Albino peacock   White Peacock

Left: Albino peacock Chennai, India
Right: White Peacock (Video) in Prague

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Albino alligator

Albino alligator   Albino alligator

Left: Albino alligator at the North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher.
Right: Albino alligator found in the Georgia Aquarium.

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White Snake and Albino snake

Albino snake   A two-head Albino California Kingsnake

Left: "White Snakes or Albino Serpents" (Video) One common distinction is that albino snake has red eye.
Right: A two-head Albino California Kingsnake at the terrarium of "Skazka" (Fairy tale) Zoo in the Crimean city of Yalta.

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Albino spider and koala (Video)

Albino spider   Albino koala

Albino spider     Albino koala
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Piebald animals

A piebald or pied animal is one that has a pattern of pigmented spots on an unpigmented (white) background of hair, feathers or scales. The spots are pigmented in shades of black and/or yellow as determined by the genotype controlling the color of the animal. The animal's skin underneath its coat may or may not be pigmented under the spots but the skin in the white background is not pigmented.
Animals with this pattern may include horses, dogs, birds, cats, pigs, and cattle, as well as snakes such as the ball python. Some animals also exhibit colouration of the irises of the eye that match the surrounding skin (blue eyes for pink skin, brown for dark). The underlying genetic cause is related to a condition known as leucism.
In British English piebald (black and white) and skewbald (white and any colour other than black) are together known as coloured. In North American English, the term for this colouring pattern is pinto, with the specialized term "paint" referring specifically to a breed of horse with American Quarter Horse or Thoroughbred bloodlines in addition to being spotted, whereas pinto refers to a spotted horse of any breed. In American usage, horse enthusiasts usually do not use the term "piebald," but rather describe the colour shade of a pinto literally with terms such as "black and white" for a piebald, "brown and white," or "bay and white," for skewbalds, or color-specific modifiers such as "bay pinto", "sorrel pinto," "buckskin pinto," and such. (Wikipedia)

Piebald horse and deer

A piebald Irish Tinker horse   Piebald Gypsy Vanner cart horses   Piebald whitetail deer

Piebald animals have spotting patterns of unpigmented areas of skin and fur.
Left: A piebald Irish Tinker horse at horse show, Císařský ostrov, Prague, Czech Republic
Middle: Piebald Gypsy Vanner cart horses Right: Piebald whitetail deer

Skewbald horse

Skewbald is a colour pattern of horses. A skewbald horse has a coat made up of white patches on a non-black base coat, such as chestnut, bay, or any colour besides black coat. Skewbald horses which are bay and white (bay is a reddish-brown colour with black mane and tail) are sometimes called tricoloured. These horses usually have pink skin under white markings and dark skin under non-white areas. Other than colour, it is similar in appearance to the piebald pattern. Some animals also exhibit colouration of the irises of the eye that match the surrounding skin (blue eyes for white skin, brown for dark). The underlying genetic cause is related to a condition known as leucism. The term is also used to describe spotting patterns in various other animals, such as goats. (Wikipedia)

A skewbald American Paint Horse   Piebald Gypsy Vanner cart horses   A skewbald hors

Left: A skewbald American Paint Horse at horse show, Císařský ostrov, Prague, Czech Republic
Right: A skewbald horse

Piebald Python

The piebald python is similar in appearance to other piebald animals. The gene creates pure white patches in random proportions, and disrupts the pattern on the colored areas of the animal. This is a recessive gene.

A Piebald Ball Python   A Piebald Ball Python   A Piebald Ball Python  

Piebald Ball Pythons
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Panda Pied Pythons

A Piebald Ball Python   A Piebald Ball Python   A Piebald Ball Python   A Piebald Ball Python  

Panda Pied Ball Pythons
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Leucistic Animals

Leucism is a condition in which there is partial loss of pigmentation in an animal resulting in white, pale, or patchy coloration of the skin, hair, feathers, scales or cuticle, but not the eyes.[1] Unlike albinism, it is caused by a reduction in multiple types of pigment, not just melanin. (Wikipedia: Leucism)

Leucistic Texas rat snake (Elaphe obsoleta)   Blue-Eyed Leucistic Ball Python   Leucistic Indian peacock (Pavo cristatus)  

Leucistic Texas Rat Snake     Blue-Eyed Leucistic Ball Python     Leucistic Indian peacock

Leucistic Rock Pigeon (Columba livia).   Blue-eyed leucistic alligator   Leucistic alligator

Left: Leucistic Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) Both the eyes and legs are still of the normal colour.
Middle: Blue-eyed leucistic alligator
Right: Leucistic alligator at Gatorland

 

Heterochromia iridum (Odd-eyed)

In anatomy, heterochromia is a difference in coloration, usually of the iris but also of hair or skin. Heterochromia is a result of the relative excess or lack of melanin (a pigment). It may be inherited, or caused by genetic mosaicism, chimerism, disease, or injury.
Heterochromia of the eye (heterochromia iridis or heterochromia iridum) is of three kinds. In complete heterochromia, one iris is a different color from the other. In sectoral heterochromia, part of one iris is a different color from its remainder and finally in "central heterochromia" there are spikes of different colours radiating from the pupil.
Though multiple causes have been posited, the scientific consensus is that a lack of genetic diversity is the primary reason behind heterochromia. This is due to a mutation of the genes that determine melanin distribution at the 8-HTP pathway, which usually only become corrupted due to chromosomal homogeneity.
Eye color, specifically the color of the irises, is determined primarily by the concentration and distribution of melanin. The affected eye may be hyperpigmented (hyperchromic) or hypopigmented (hypochromic). In humans, usually, an excess of melanin indicates hyperplasia of the iris tissues, whereas a lack of melanin indicates hypoplasia. (Wikipedia)


Odd Eyed Black Cat   A female cat with Heterochromia   Shorthair cat with 2 different colored eyes (odd eyed)   Bi-Colored cat with Bi-colored Eyes.  

Left: Odd Eyed Black Cat A black cat with an amber right eye and blue left eye
Middle Left: A female cat with Heterochromia
Middle Right: British Shorthair cat with 2 different colored eyes (odd eyed)
Right: Bi-Colored cat with Bi-colored Eyes.

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Labrador Retriever mix with heterochromia   Odd Eyed Alaskan Klee Kai   Catahoula Bulldog (odd eyed)   A Siberian Husky with sectoral heterochromia  

Left: Labrador Retriever mix with heterochromia
Middle Left: Odd Eyed Alaskan Klee Kai
Middle Right: Catahoula Bulldog (odd eyed)
Right: A Siberian Husky with sectoral heterochromia

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Heterocromía Iridium   Heterochromia   Kate Bosworth, the model, has one of the most recognizable sets of Heterochromia eyes   La Femme Blonde (portrait de Germaine Survage)

Left: Heterocromía Iridium
Middle Left: Heterochromia the subject has a blue and a brown eye
Middle Right: Kate Bosworth, the model, has one of the most recognizable sets of Heterochromia eyes
Right: La Femme Blonde (portrait de Germaine Survage) 1918 by Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani

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The Two Face Cat

Venus, the Two Face Cat   Venus, the Two Face Cat   Misty, the Two Face Cat   The Two Face Cat  

Left: Venus, the Two Face Cat
Middle Left: Venus, the Two Face Cat
Middle Right: Misty, the Two Face Cat
Right: The Two Face Cat

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The Two Face Animals (Diprosopus)

Diprosopus(Greek διπρόσωπος, "two-faced"), also known as craniofacial duplication (cranio- from Greek κρανίον, "skull", the other parts Latin), is an extremely rare congenital disorder whereby parts (accessories) or all of the face are duplicated on the head. (Wikipedia)

Frank and Louie, the two-faced cat   Venus, the Two Face Cat   Two-faced kitten   A malformed chick with two beaks and three eyes

Left: Frank and Louie, the two-faced cat, sometimes referred to as Frankenlouie[ (September 1999 – December 4, 2014), was a diprosopus (also known as "janus" or "two-faced") cat known for his unusual longevity. He was named by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest surviving janus cat in 2012
Middle Left: Frank and Louie, two-faced cat (Video)
Middle Right: Two-faced kitten The Museum of Lausanne in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Right: A malformed chick with two beaks and three eyes Zoological Museum of the University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.

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The Two-Face Human

Edward Mordake   Pasqual Pinon, Two-Headed Mexican   Miracle Baby Born With Two Faces   Chang Tzu Ping  

Left: Edward Mordake, said to be heir to an English peerage, had an extra face on the back of his head. The duplicate face could neither see or eat nor speak out loud but was said to "smile while Mordake was happy" and "sneer while Mordake was weeping". Mordake repeatedly begged doctors to have his "demon face" removed, claiming that it whispered things that "one would only speak about in hell" at night, but no doctor would attempt it. He committed suicide in his mid-20s.
Middle Left: Pasqual Piñón (1889–1929) known as The Two-Headed Mexican, was a performer with the Sells-Floto Circus in the early 1900s.
Middle Right: Miracle Baby Born With Two Faces (Video)
Right: Chang Tzu Ping (Video) The Chinese Man With Two Faces

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Two-colored animals

White Blue Bicolored Peacock

This bird is a crossbreed between blue and white peacocks.

White Blue Bicolored Peacock   White Blue Bicolored Peacock

Left: White Blue Bicolored Peacock
Right: White Blue Bicolored Peacock

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Twinzy, A two-colored parakeet (budgerigar)

winzy, A two-colored parakeet (budgerigar)   Twinzy, A two-colored parakeet (budgerigar)

Left: Twinzy, A two-colored parakeet (budgerigar) Twinzy has the characteristics of a blue bird on one side and a green bird on the other, even his tail feathers are split down the middle!
Right: Twinzy, A two-colored parakeet (Video)

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View video of Houdin, A two-colored parakeet. at youtube.com

A Bilateral Gynandromorph Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)

A Bilateral Gynandromorph Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)   Northern Cardinal with Half-Male, Half-Female Plumage

Left: A Bilateral Gynandromorph Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
Right: Northern Cardinal with Half-Male, Half-Female Plumage Spotted in Rock Island, Illinois.

Image sources: Both: www.sci-news.com Left: Multiple sources Right: Multiple sources
References: The Wilson Journal of Ornithology Observations of a Bilateral Gynandromorph Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)   www.sci-news.com Northern Cardinal with Half-Male, Half-Female Plumage Spotted in Rock Island, Illinois   www.youtube.com Half Male Half Female Bird  

Two-Toned Lobster

Two-Toned Lobster   Two-Toned Lobster

Left: Two-Toned Lobster In 2005, A rare split-colored lobster (Half-Orange, Half-Brown Lobster) caught in Maine.
Right: Two-Toned Lobster In 2006, a Maine lobsterman caught a lobster that looks half raw and half cooked. Half of the animal is mottled brown, while the other is bright orange—the color lobsters turn after they've been boiled.

Image source: Left: Multiple sources (Reference: nationalgeographic.com)     Right: Multiple sources (Reference: nationalgeographic.com)    

Strangely colored animals

Flat-headed rock Agama mwanzae (Spider-Man agama)

The Mwanza flat-headed rock agama (Agama mwanzae) or the Spider-Man agama, because of its coloration, is a lizard in the family Agamidae, found in Tanzania, Rwanda, and Kenya.
The male's head, neck, and shoulders are bright red or violet, while the body is dark blue. The female is mostly brown and is difficult to distinguish from female agamas of other species. This lizard is often confused with the red-headed rock agama (Agama agama).
The species has become a fashionable pet due to the male's coloration, which resembles the comic-book superhero Spider-Man.

Male Mwanza Flat-headed Agama (Agama mwanzae)   Agama mwanzae

Left: Male Mwanza Flat-headed Agama (Agama mwanzae) Serengeti, Tanzania
Right: Agama mwanzae photographed in Tanzania.

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References: Wikipedia Mwanza flat-headed rock agama   commons.wikimedia.org Category:Agama mwanzae  

Spiderman Agama

Spiderman Agama   Spiderman

Spiderman Agama   Spiderman

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Female Agama mwanzae

Mwanza Flat-headed Rock Agama (Agama mwanzae), female   Agama mwanzae, a male and a female

Left: Mwanza Flat-headed Rock Agama (Agama mwanzae), female Serengeti, Tanzania
Right: Agama mwanzae, a male and a female on a rock in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania.

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Purple Polar Bear

The Buenos Aries, Argentine Zoo sprayed Pelusa the Polar Bear with an antiseptic spray that turned her normally white fur, PURPLE. The coloration of the fur was a side effect to the treatment for Dermatitis.

Pelusa, the Purple Polar Bear   Pelusa, the Purple Polar Bear

Left: Pelusa, the Purple Polar Bear
Right: Pelusa, the Purple Polar Bear

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Multi-Colored dyed animals

Multi-Colored Horses   Multi-Colored Sheeps

Left: Multi-Colored Dyed Horses
Right: Multi-Colored Dyed Sheeps
References: Be different – Be yourself
Ser un poco raro es, solo un efecto secundario de ser genial. (Being a little strange is just a side effect of being great.)

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Black panther

A black panther is the melanistic color variant of any Panthera species. Black panthers in Asia and Africa are leopards (Panthera pardus) and black panthers in the Americas are black jaguars (Panthera onca).
Melanism in the jaguar (Panthera onca) is conferred by a dominant allele, and in the leopard (Panthera pardus) by a recessive allele. Close examination of the color of these black cats will show that the typical markings are still present, but are hidden by the excess black pigment melanin, giving an effect similar to that of printed silk. This is called "ghost striping". (Wikipedia)

Black leopard (Panthera pardus)

Black panthers in Asia and Africa are leopards (Panthera pardus).
Leopards have a lithe, muscular body with a long, slender tail. The skull is relatively large, with powerful crushing jaws.
There are two colour forms. There is the familiar spotted form, which is pale yellow to golden brown and is adorned with numerous small rosettes on the back and flanks, and dark spots on the legs and chest. The second form is melanistic i.e. with intense black pigmentation which almost totally obscures the rosettes (though under strong light the rosettes may still be apparent). (www.ecologyasia.com)

A black leopard (A melanistic leopard)   A female black leopard  

Left: A black leopard (A melanistic leopard) from the Out of Africa Wildlife Park in Camp Verde, Arizona
Right: A female black leopard at Rhino & Lion Nature Reserve, Kromdraai. South Africa
Note the markings on this female black leopard.

Black panther (Video)

Black leopard   Black jaguar  

Black leopard image     Black jaguar image
View the video at www.youtube.com

Black jaguar (Panthera onca)

In jaguars, the melanism allele is dominant. Consequently, black jaguars may produce either black or spotted cubs, but a pair of spotted jaguars can only produce spotted cubs. Individuals with two copies of the allele are darker (the black background colour is more dense) than ones with just one copy, whose background colour may appear to be dark charcoal rather than black. (Wikipedia)

Black jaguar (Panthera onca)   A melanistic jaguar  
Left: Black jaguar (Panthera onca) in zoological garden in Edinburgh
A melanistic jaguar is a color morph which occurs at about 6 percent frequency in populations.
Right: A melanistic jaguar

Black jaguar (Videos)

Black jaguar   Black jaguar  

Left: Black jaguar image - The Black Jaguar White Tiger Foundaton, Mexico   View the video at youtube.com
Right: Black jaguar image - Panthera onca at Xcaret Riviera Maya Mexico   View the video at youtube.com

 

Weird creature captured in China ?

21 April 2015
This is the chilling moment a mysterious hairless creature chews its way through a steel cage.
The description for the unsettling video - uploaded to YouTube last week by Raymond Yeung – claims it was captured in the Shenzhen Reservoir in China's Sand Bay.
The clawed creature - which some say is a rare bear - can be seen aggressively biting through the cage with a visibly bleeding mouth before ripping the metal wire apart with its limbs.
The vision has fuelled heated debates around the species of the ambiguous beast, with a string of different accounts coming to light.
The description for the unsettling video claims it was captured in the Shenzhen Reservoir in China's Sand Bay after local workers found the animal swimming.
The clip has sparked heated debates on Chinese social media site WeiBo, with some users claiming it depicts a 'water monster' from Chinese folklore.
Others believe it is a Malaysian bear suffering from a skin disease, alopecia, a disease which causes baldness.
(dailymail.co.uk)

Weird creature captured in China


Weird creature captured in China. See it on youtube.com   alt video   alt video   alt video

Port Jackson shark (Heterodontus portusjacksoni)   Port Jackson shark (Heterodontus portusjacksoni)   Port Jackson shark (Heterodontus portusjacksoni)   Port Jackson shark (Heterodontus portusjacksoni) 

Images taken from the video:
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David Neal, the director of Animals Asia, told Daily Mail Australia the caged animal 'looks like a bear cub which is suffering from some medical condition which has caused it to loose all of its fur.'
While he was unable to confirm if it was the same bear from the Borneo clip, he said he suspects it is and that the footage originates from Borneo not China.
(dailymail.co.uk)

Mesosyn.com: We have concluded that it was the same bear and the video uploaded to YouTube by Raymond Yeung originates from Borneo not China.
1. As you can see from the Print Pages below, the video uploaded to YouTube by Raymond Yeung was on April 16, 2015 and the video uploaded to YouTube by Borneo Post SEEDS was on April 6, 2015. The two videos are exactly the same.
2. The spoken dialogue heard in the background in both videos is Malay/Indonesian, not Chinese.
3. Raymond Yeung commits a fraud by claiming that the strange creature was captured in the Shenzhen Reservoir in China's Sand Bay; the British newspapers were apparently duped.
4. More information about the strange creature in Borneo can be read in the next section,

Weird creature captured in China

Weird creature captured in China  

水馬騮, 水鬼 (Water monkey, water monster)

Hairless sun bear captured after months-long search

Hairless sun bear captured after months-long search  

Hairless sun bear captured after months-long search  

 

 

Strange creature in Borneo

Jan 31, 2015
SIBU: An early morning that was supposed to be a routine start for a team of Indonesian workers turned into a rather shocking one when they encountered a strange-looking animal at an oil palm plantation along the Bintangor-Sibu Road near here yesterday.
According to one of them, the creature charged at them at one point.
“We were shocked. None of us has ever seen such thing. One of us then hit the animal until it appeared to have passed out,” a worker said, adding that the animal had sharp claws.
“It could be a rare species of bear. When it regained consciousness, we forced it to go back into the jungle,” he said.
According to the worker, they did not inform the authorities about the incident.
(BorneoPost online)



Strange creature found in Sarawak on Jan 30, 2015.
See it on youtube.com   alt video   alt video   alt video  

Strange creature in Borneo   Strange creature in Borneo)   Strange creature in Borneo  

Strange creature in Borneo (Images taken from the video)
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Strange creature in Borneo  

Strange creature in Borneo

Feb 1, 2015
KUCHING: It is believed that the strange animal spotted by Indonesian plantation workers near Sibu on Friday is a species of the sun bear that is sick.
A spokesperson from Sarawak Forestry Corporation told thesundaypost yesterday that the observation was based on several characteristics of the creature, namely a black nose and long claws.
(BorneoPost online)

 

Strange creature in Borneo was captured and kept in a cage.

Strange creature in Borneo was caged   Strange creature in Borneo was caged  

Strange creature was captured by plantation workers and was kept in a cage.
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Strange creature in Borneo was caged   Strange creature in Borneo was caged  


Left: The strange creature was captured by plantation workers and was kept in a cage.
Right: The strange creature aggressively biting through the cage with a visibly bleeding mouth.  


Hairless sun bear captured after months-long search. (April 6, 2015)   See it on youtube.com
youtube: Hairless Borneo Sun Bear Saved April 6, 2015   youtube: GOLLUM CREATURE RECOVERED April 8, 2015  

Strange creature was rehabilitated

Strange creature was rehabilitated at Matang Wildlife Centre  

Strange creature was rehabilitated at Matang Wildlife Centre

Hairless sun bear dies of cancer

May 20, 2015, Wednesday
KUCHING: Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) today announced with deep regrets, the demise of the ‘gollum-like’ sun bear in the late evening of May 18.
The sun bear which had appeared to be recovering at Matang Wildlife Centre had been very sick for more than a week. An autopsy concluded that the animal died of late-stage cancer.
“The animal had not been eating well and vomiting. Worrying for its health, emergency medical intervention was performed under sedation. It was also fed with fluids through IV and food through a stomach tube,” SFC said in a press statement.
“Unfortunately, it succumbed to late-stage cancer with metastatis in the lymph nodes and adjacent organs as well as obstruction in the stomach due to primary tumour with origin in the stomach or pancreas.”
SFC added, “A detailed examination of the bear also revealed that it was in fact a very old bear and not just a full adult as previously thought.
“Cancer aside, the bear had probably reached the end of its natural life span.”
The sun bear was captured at an oil palm plantation in Bintangor on April 2 and was sent to the Matang Wildlife Centre for rehabilitation.
It was found by plantation workers around 7am within the same area where it was first spotted on Jan 30.
The video of the sun bear moving through the forest had gone viral due to its appearance.
(BorneoPost online)

 

Sun bear

The sun bear (Helarctos malayanus) is a bear found in tropical forest habitats of Southeast Asia. It is classified as Vulnerable by IUCN as the large-scale deforestation that has occurred throughout Southeast Asia over the past three decades has dramatically reduced suitable habitat for the sun bear.
The sun bear is the smallest of the bears. Adults are about 120–150 cm (47–59 in) long and weigh 27–80 kg (60–176 lb). Males are 10–20% larger than females. The muzzle is short and light coloured, and in most cases the white area extends above the eyes. The paws are large, and the soles are naked, which is thought to be an adaptation for climbing trees. The claws are large, curved, and pointed. They are sickle-shaped; the front paw claws are long and heavy. The tail is 30–70 mm (1.2–2.8 in) long. (Wikipedia)

Sun bear (Malayan bear)   Sun bear (Helarctos malayanus)  

Healthy sun bear
Left: Sun bear (Malayan bear)   Right: Sun bear (Helarctos malayanus)

A female sun bear (or Malayan bear)   Sun bear (Beruang Madu)(Helarctos malayanus)  

Healthy sun bear
Left: A female sun bear (or Malayan bear) sitting in her enclosure of the zoo of Basel. Look at the claws!
Right: Sun bear (Beruang Madu)(Helarctos malayanus) at Medan old zoo, Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia