Tigers of Blue, Dilly Dilly... - Mysterious Universe

Cat coat genetics is a complex endeavor involving multiple alleles over various wild species and domestic breeds. The dilution of a darker-colored coat into a grayish-blue pigment, or "Maltesing," is a documented mutation amongst the lynx and bobcat, so it's no wonder that an early 20th century missionary tracked such a tiger nick-named Bluebeard through the wild mountains of China. Karl Shuker outlines the scattered human encounters with these elusive beauties through recent history. Meanwhile in mutation headlines, researchers have unveiled (kept secret until now out of concern for poaching) that Dwarf Giraffes Discovered in Namibia and Uganda — Nature’s Oxymorons? Give little Gimli and Nigel a break--their skeletal dysplasia leaves them practically defenseless! (MS)

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