#Almighty Creator #Indian Lion Infected with COVID-19, Chinese Legendary Black Tiger and White Tiger in India, Can They Escape? Black tigers and white tigers, as well as white lions, black panthers and imperial leopards, how did wayward nature shape these big cats?
China's rarest tiger species, the Blue Tiger, is in the same frame as the Indian White Tiger
The black tiger, also known as the blue tiger, is the most legendary and rare tiger species in China. Because its fur is light black and slightly grayish-blue with dark black stripes on it, the name is different. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, it was found by Western missionaries in Xiyuan, Beijing, where Chinese elk lived. Subsequently, bribes were paid to the guards and two black and blue tiger skins were obtained, which were believed to be mutant of the royal circle tiger, but could not be verified by living bodies.
It is said that during the Qing Dynasty, it was also found in the Forbidden Tanglin Forest Area of Hebei Province, and was hunted twice in 1905 and 1912, and has disappeared since. With the fall of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the tanglin and the paddock gate were opened, and the tigers, deer, bears, etc. there were gone, and it is believed that the black tiger has become extinct.
Black tigers are different from ordinary tigers
However, according to the famous zoologist Mr. Tan Bangjie, in 1951, in Chenjiayu Township, Miyun County, Beijing, a pair of small black tigers were found. In 1952, someone bought a small black tiger skin from a local farmer for 300 catties of millet. In 1954, someone in the local area saw the same black tiger twice. In June 1957, the legendary black tiger appeared in Chen Jiayu, which has grown very large, and is said to have dark black markings on its light black fur. Villagers say that since the tiger was born, there has been no sign of a wolf in the vicinity for dozens of miles. In the 1970s, a farmer found a black adult tiger in the Ming Tombs on the outskirts of Beijing; in the late 1970s, two black tiger cubs were found in the Miyun Mountains on the outskirts of Beijing.
The body color of the African white lion is not much different from the environment
[Sprinkling Flowers] So, how did the mutated white tiger and black tiger come about? Let's start with the more common white lion. White lions are more common in Africa, not as rare as white tigers, and the earliest record of white lions being found was in 1938. White lions don't have to be white, and can also be golden or light brown. Lions live in deserts, grasslands and swamps, the contrast between the white body and the surrounding environment is not too large, sneaking prey is still feasible; not to mention that lions live in groups, even if the white lion can not hunt normally, the entire lion group also has a relatively stable food supply, so the white lion is more common under natural conditions.
The body color of the white tiger is incompatible with the forest environment
[Sprinkling Flowers] [Sprinkling Flowers] But the white tiger is different, the tiger is not only a lone ranger, but also relies on sneak attacks to catch prey; while white is a very conspicuous color in the forest environment, which is not conducive to the tiger hiding itself. The three colors of the tiger's body, black, orange and white, are caused by the true melanin that blackens the fur and the browning melanin that turns orange. The difference in content and proportion of these two pigments results in different coat colors in mammalians, including big cats— meaning that the true melanin content in the black tiger and black panther is high, and the brown melanin content in the fur of the white tiger and white lion is low. But the level of eumelanin and brown melanin content is determined by genes, which means that black tigers and white tigers are individuals with genetic mutations, and the mutated genes of black tigers and panthers determine the ultra-high content of eumelanin in the fur; the mutated genes of white tigers and white lions determine the ultra-low brown-black content in the fur - this is the truth of the body color variation of big cats. But only when both parents carry recessive genes can the offspring appear white tigers, and the probability of white tigers being born is only one in four.
[Sprinkling Flowers] [Sprinkling Flowers] [Sprinkling Flowers] According to this principle, it is not difficult to speculate that not only the Bengal white tiger, but also the Northeast tiger and the South China tiger also have the white tiger, but why only the Bengal white tiger? The first Bengal white tiger was found and captured in India in 1951, when it was about two years old and underage, and it was named "Mohan". The hundreds of existing white tigers in the world are almost all of its descendants. In fact, as early as 1820, the King of India, in order to show his loyalty, offered a captured white tiger to the Queen of England. Later, this white tiger was sent to the zoo for display, and the special body color of the white tiger made it of high ornamental value.
The White Tiger is known as one of the Four Spirits of Heaven
Most of the white tigers currently raised are a mixture of Bengal and Siberian tigers, because the existing white tigers are almost all close relatives, and the children they give birth to often have health problems, such as strabismus and poor disease resistance. With wild tigers containing recessive genes, the white tigers born are healthier. However, there are only 2500 wild Bengal tigers in existence, while there are about 500 Siberian tigers, and the gene pool of the two tigers is very limited, even if it is artificial genetic selection, the survival rate of the bred white tigers is not high, resulting in white tigers being far rarer than white lions. Legend has it that the white tiger is one of the four spirits of heaven in ancient Chinese mythology, more powerful than the normal tiger, if the white tiger and the black tiger fight, who will be the winner?
Black Panther's changeable memes
[Sprinkling Flowers] [Sprinkling Flowers] [Sprinkling Flowers] [Sprinkling Flowers] Known as the leopard or ink leopard in ancient China, the black panther was widely distributed in China, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Malaysia, and even the Jaguar in South America has a black variant. As long as they have time, black panthers will do all kinds of stupid things, they like toys, and they will conjure up all kinds of memes. Of course, it gets even dumber when there are toys.
The panther's body color is not a lump of black
Notice that the black panther's fur is not uniform black, but the black body has darker rose petal markings. However, a black panther was found in Malaysia, which is a "black disease", similar to the whiteness of a cat with albinism.
Playful Black Panther
Black Panther appears on camera with the White Lion
The clever and playful Panther can torture any neighbor as a toy. However, it is also being destroyed by the lioness when it tortures the lioness - after all, its size is too small compared to lions and tigers... Playing is the nature of felines, and the tiger naturally did not let go of this opportunity to torture the disguised little brother, and the beast king also hugged the black panther and made love. After getting rid of the boss's entanglement, the panther has the idea of a lioness again, and behind them there is a white lion amusing itself...
The boss tortures the disguised little brother
Pay attention to the comparison between the black panther and the leopard, that is, the golden leopard, in addition to the difference in body color, the size of the body, the characteristics of the body structure, and even the demeanor and action expression, are the same - it can be said that the black panther is a changed golden leopard...
Black Panther is the disguised Golden Panther
[Sprinkling Flowers] [Sprinkling Flowers] [Sprinkling Flowers] [Sprinkling Flowers] [Sprinkling Flowers] There is also a kind of fur color mutation big cat on the earth that is rarer than the black tiger, and there is also a kind of coat color mutation big cat on the earth that is rarer than the black tiger, which is the imperial cheetah, also known as the king cheetah. Compared with the common cheetah, the dark spots on its fur are larger and darker in color, and many of the dark spots are connected into stripes, especially on the back. It is not difficult to understand that the appearance of the imperial cheetah is because of the genetic mutation of the cheetah, resulting in a higher content of true melanin in the fur of the imperial cheetah - but it is not as high as the ultra-high level of the black panther, so that the body, especially the black spots on the back, are connected into stripes...
Rare imperial cheetah
Seeing here, the causes of the white tiger and the black tiger, as well as the black panther and the king cheetah, I think everyone probably understands it, right? If you have any questions, you are welcome to leave a message and discuss in the comment area. #全能创作家 #