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Published: 2014-08-10 18:18:20 +0000 UTC; Views: 6492; Favourites: 435; Downloads: 0
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He's a pretty big tiger.Comments and Critiques are much appreciated.
280mm, f/4, ISO 250
Canon 200mm f/2.8 L II USM + 1.4 Extender Version 1
Olmense Zoo, Belgium
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I've never seen a tiger with this kind of coloring. It's a beautiful capture!
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Wow, I have never seen a Golden Tabby Tiger! It's beautiful!
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Magnificent animal..too bad it's not bred naturally...
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Unfortunately, these cats are not a species. They are a genetic deformation from heavy inbreeding, and also results in other deformations in the animal. Animals like white tigers and this cat solely exist for exploitation and profit. You really can't trust any zoo that breeds these cats.
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Not entirely true on the 'heavy inbreeding'.
Mohan and Samara, from Tiger Island, were not known to have any relations and still produced a white tiger cub and a golden tabby from a litter of 4.
Stripeless white tigers are more common with heavy inbreeding, but can still be produced from tigers that are not related so long as both carry the gene. The gene for white tigers is also a natural gene, and was not a result of inbreeding.
www.sci-news.com/genetics/artiβ¦
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I guess you could say the same of dogs, or pet cats, or anything domesticated. I realise a tiger isn't domesticated in the sense they can be a pet, but the same principle applies.Β
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I've never seen a tiger like that before - he's beautiful
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My most favourite animal of all - the Golden Tabby Tiger! Seldom seen and even less often photographed - Great!
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nah if I'm not mistaking this color of tiger happens sometime when you breed a normal colored tiger with a white tiger
but this is like extremely rare
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This is not extremely rare, this is caused through inbreeding, like white tigers. Both of these tigers are inbred, full of health issues and have no conversation value.
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Not entirely true.
Is it possible they are inbred? Yes.
Do they have to be? No.
www.sci-news.com/genetics/artiβ¦
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ho I see thanks I didn't knew golden were inbreeding I thought it was a random mutation like the white tiger were at the begging ( lack of pigment or something like it )
I knew about the conservation value thought . both white tiger and golden would have no chance to survive in the wild because their colors would not hide them during hunting
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Except it's known all captive white tigers in the US and probably the world at the moment are inbred, one way or another, even if they're not directly inbred. They're not natural, both golden and white tigers serve no conversation value because they are rarely seen in the wild and produce unhealthy tigers.Β
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well I'm french so I don't raelly know evrything that happen in US XD I don't know much about tiger in captivity at all to be fair ^^"
but thanks for the info ^^
just a question : tiger with lack of pigment can happen in the wild but they would die very quickly due to the fact they can hide themselves correctly during hunting right ?
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Tigers with a lack of pigment, like white tigers, or even golden tigers, most likely wouldn't survive very long, no. Either because they'll be hunted or won't be able to hunt properly because they can't hide themselves like normal tigers.
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okay ^w^thank you very much for answering
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oh ok. It just did not look like a normal tiger.
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don't worry looking at it I can clearly see why you think that ^w^
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Thanks. Just Ligers have faded stripes. still good picture. thanks for sharing.
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cool and are u sure its not called a strawberrytiger?
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Golden tiger, golden tabby tiger or strawberry tiger. Pick one, it describes the same cat.
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Is this guy real? If he is, he's super gorgeous. Nice capture!
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He's as real as I am
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Thank you! 
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Thank you very much
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You're welcome.
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Perhaps you could note in your description this colour is only produced by mass inbreeding? shame too, they're lovely looking. good shot
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Had never heard of tigers with this colouration before, this is really amazing!
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unfortuanately this colouration is only produced from mass inbreeding, so the cats have some sort of issue, ranging from minorly disabling to major. Sad really, they do look lovely
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That is really awful.
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You're welcome
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This is a great tiger, I've never seen this type before. Thanx for sharing.
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