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Here's some caracal kittens to switch things up! I LOVE caracal's markings!!

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EDIT: Google Images also came across a lot of caracal hunting photos :( I will never understand hunting things like big cats for sport, since no one really eats them. There's not a huge influx of them either, or anything...
 
Here's another picture I found of a Lynx. The pattern and colour of the fur is amazing.

Caracal's look beautiful as well.



i want one of each in my backyard.
There are countries in which it is allowed to keep most wildcats, wolfs and other wild creatures in your house, or so I read. I read somewhere that it is allowed in Russia, for example. I wouldn't recommend it though and I feel that it isn't a perfect place for them to live in. They need the wilderness.
 
I feel like the photos in here of the Pallas cat do it no justice. It's doesn't have that silly expression on its face all the time.

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(I say it because I don't know the gender, I normally refer to all creatures with gendered pronouns since every species deserves that level of respect)
 
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i LOVE strawberry tigers.

They are gorgeous.

The golden tabby/strawberry colouration is probably the result of a captive orange tiger inheriting a double recessive wideband gene. The hair shaft of a tiger isn't uniform in colour: there's a pale band between the follicle and the pigmented tip. The effect of the wideband gene is to lengthen the width of this pale mid band, which results in an apparent "de-pigmentation" or yellowing of the fur. (This also occurs in various other animals, such as rabbits and domestic cats.)

White tigers can inherit this trait too – when they do, they end up being so pale that their stripes almost completely vanish!


It's worth noting though that the intentional breeding of colour morphs such as white tigers is condemned by conservationists and animal welfare activists (and many zoo associations), since such animals are highly inbred in order to display these recessive traits - almost all white tigers in captivity can trace their ancestry back to a single white male captured in India in the 1950s, and white tigers generally have a much higher risk of physical deformities (as do golden tigers).
 
It's worth noting though that the intentional breeding of colour morphs such as white tigers is condemned by conservationists and animal welfare activists (and many zoo associations), since such animals are highly inbred in order to display these recessive traits - almost all white tigers in captivity can trace their ancestry back to a single white male captured in India in the 1950s, and white tigers generally have a much higher risk of physical deformities (as do golden tigers).


Oh wow, I had no idea how thin their genetics were! I always knew that white ones, although beautiful, are natural a VERY rare mutation.
 
Oh wow, I had no idea how thin their genetics were! I always knew that white ones, although beautiful, are natural a VERY rare mutation.

The full story of the ancestry of white tigers is here. The most well-known is the Rewa line (from Mohan the white tiger, captured in 1951), which most white tigers are part of. There was also another strain of white tigers that originated in the 1970s from a small zoo in South Dakota (particularly Tony, a Bengal-Siberian tiger) - several white tigers that have ended up on display in American circuses are descended from him.

There haven't been any white tigers sighted in the wild since Mohan.
 
So cute. ;_;

Kawaii~~

From that link, very interesting:

Unlike other cat species that are fairly solitary, Lions live in groups or “prides.” If multiple females in a pride have cubs, they will pool them into a larger cub communal group called a “crèche.” These females will take turns caring and overseeing the crèche, until the cubs are around two years of age.
 
Kawaii~~

From that link, very interesting:
I read some story once of two female Snow Leopards (I believe it was in an issue of National Geographic last year, and I believe it were two snow leopard but I could be wrong) who brought up the cubs of one of them after the father died. I wonder if I can find it.
 
They are gorgeous.

The golden tabby/strawberry colouration is probably the result of a captive orange tiger inheriting a double recessive wideband gene. The hair shaft of a tiger isn't uniform in colour: there's a pale band between the follicle and the pigmented tip. The effect of the wideband gene is to lengthen the width of this pale mid band, which results in an apparent "de-pigmentation" or yellowing of the fur. (This also occurs in various other animals, such as rabbits and domestic cats.)

White tigers can inherit this trait too – when they do, they end up being so pale that their stripes almost completely vanish!



It's worth noting though that the intentional breeding of colour morphs such as white tigers is condemned by conservationists and animal welfare activists (and many zoo associations), since such animals are highly inbred in order to display these recessive traits - almost all white tigers in captivity can trace their ancestry back to a single white male captured in India in the 1950s, and white tigers generally have a much higher risk of physical deformities (as do golden tigers).
You're forgetting black tigers

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This lion, believe it or not, is female:

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There are several lionesses in Botswana that have grown manes.

You're forgetting black tigers

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I don't think there have been any confirmed sightings of true black tigers (this site has a lot of information) - the closest is a form of "pseudo melanism" caused by stripes that are very close together, as sometimes seen in tigers in the Simlipal reserve:

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Last year there were reports of a solid black tiger cub born in a zoo in China - buuuut it turned out it was the Daily Fail being the Daily Fail as usual (and then other media outlets like Gawker spreading it), because it's quite clearly a leopard or jaguar (you can see the spots)!

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I guess I could also mention "blue" or maltese tigers, which have been sporadically reported along with pseudo-melanistic tigers - they too are unproven though.
 
I'm a fan of all cats... as long as they're genetically healthy. Those inbred ones are actually cringeworthy for me to spot. :\
 
Cheetahs for me:

Got that melancholic look down pat. If cheetahs were an Austenian character, they could be Mr. Darcy.


Their cubs are so fluffy.


A cheetah probably savaged one your ancestors at some point.


Their locomotion is also a thing of beauty.

that remind me that I have friend once that have cheetah kitten for couple of year until they decide to donate it to local zoo
 
I never even knew that something like a black tiger existed! He looks really awesome. :)

That particular gif is from the film The Beastmaster. An orange tiger, Sultan, was dyed black to play the part.

Sadly, he died about two years afterwards - it is possible that his death was the result of the toxic black dye used (cats lick themselves to keep themselves groomed, and much of the dye was ingested). :(
 
That particular gif is from the film The Beastmaster. An orange tiger, Sultan, was dyed black to play the part.

Sadly, he died about two years afterwards - it is possible that his death was the result of the toxic black dye used (cats lick themselves to keep themselves groomed, and much of the dye was ingested). :(
Aw, that's horrible. I hope such practices have been ceased since then. Poor creature. :(
 
This thing...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlmRhuT2vQA

...the Black Footed cat, smallest of the African wild cats. I'm such a kid when it comes to cats, this video cracks me up just with its ears folding down in time to its meows. Probably not a very cuddly kitty tho :\

These guys are adorable. I love the little meow-roar thing its got going on lol. Definitely pissed though.

Heres some black footed kittens from the Philadelphia Zoo. Too cute!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37B4wDGjlb0
 
This thing...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlmRhuT2vQA

...the Black Footed cat, smallest of the African wild cats. I'm such a kid when it comes to cats, this video cracks me up just with its ears folding down in time to its meows. Probably not a very cuddly kitty tho :\

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If I had only seen the picture, I'd have guessed it was a normal indoor domesticated cat. So cute though. Esp that Philly Zoe kitten video above.
 
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