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Published: 2007-08-11 17:29:04 +0000 UTC; Views: 522; Favourites: 16; Downloads: 0
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The colours aren't weird here ... I thought they were at first but then I read the sign and it said "white lion" so I guess that explains it. Apparently they're uncommon in the wild and not a completely seperate species but simply an expression of a mutant recessive gene; and so they are not albinos either. As a result they have been selectively bred in zoos to procude the colour. I don't think this colour is an advantage for them though because they prey must be able to see them easier and hunters would be more attracted to them.:: White lioness - Panthera leo (F)
:: Jungle Park, Tenerife
:: Cropped, Resized, and Sharpened
:: All photos from the trip [link]
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Lovely! Makes me want to stroke her belly, as though she were a cat.
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Thank you, yes my cats often take up this pose too
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They seem to do a lot of sleeping, these lions. ^-^ Such a sweet pose there.
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