Rare Black Tiger Caught on Camera - The Sun

An amateur photographer in eastern Odisha, India, snapped the photo of a lifetime when a melanistic tiger wandered into view on the Nandankan reserve. (Actually it's a pseudo-melanistic tiger, not melanistic tiger, as confirmed by the report's own second-paragraph description, "whose thick black stripes hide his orange fur," according to Karl Shuker, who discusses these cats in his new book Mystery Cats of the World Revisited.) "The known population of these genetic anomalies is six, with Nandankan serving as home to two, so it was a lucky day for that shutterbug. Meanwhile, back in 2018 Scientists Rediscover Breathtaking Chameleon 'Lost' for Over a Century. A team of researchers with the Search for Lost Species program travelled to Madagascar in the hopes of encountering a Voeltzkow's chameleon, "lost" since 1913. The expedition seemed a failure until the manager of their hotel revealed the chameleons were a common sight there during the first few months of each year. With his help the group was able to return to base after identifying 15 females and 3 males of the elusive species.  (CM)

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