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Africa's Black Panthers Emerge From a Century in the Shadows (nytimes.com)
An anonymous reader shares a report: It's a scientific coup to warm the heart of any superhero fan: the first documented sightings of a black panther in Africa in about 100 years [Editor's note: the link may be paywalled; alternative source], not far from where Marvel places the fictional setting of its Oscar-nominated "Black Panther." A team from the Institute for Conservation Research of the San Diego Zoo Global and the Loisaba Conservancy in Kenya confirmed the existence of black leopards -- as the animals are also known -- in Laikipia County, an area north of Nairobi, Kenya's capital. "It is certain black panthers have been there all along, but good footage that could confirm it has always been absent until now," Nicholas Pilfold, a biologist at the San Diego institute, said in an Instagram post. "Black panthers are uncommon, only about 11 percent of leopards globally are black," he added. "But black panthers in Africa are extremely rare."
Forever?
Raysiss
I mean. Sub saharan africa. Every other continent's populations have embraced technology and civilization building. These guys are still blowing air up cows' rectums.
...to share their tchnology with the world.
...the panther could be heard saying "WAKANDA FOREVER"
The poachers in Africa will kill it soon enough.
Either that, or some rich American asshole will pay 150K to hunt it, to you know.. save the species.
Plans to steal their technologies.
Because "Black Leopards" wouldn't have been clickbaity enough.
Wasn't sure which kind of Black Panthers this was going to be about!
Now, if you'll excuse me, I have backups to corrupt.
Will these Black Panthers also get a "you so woke!" Oscar too?
Or will they get a Nobel Peace Prize?
The Klan meetings are in the Virginia Governor's house, but I suspect you already had your RSVP sent in.
I understand they are celebrating 60 years of DNC support for Robert Byrd, a KKK leader and DNC senator, this month there.
Irony... The party who actually supports the KKK calling the party that ended slavery the party of the KKK.
Nobody tell Thanos this. He'll adopt it, raise it as his own, then throw it off a cliff.
Now that we have idiotically proclaimed to the world that these rare creatures are there, they will be extinctified shortly by trophy hunters.
Way to go....
Get smart!
I love black panthers (black leopards/jaguars) myself. According to wikipedia, any species of big cat that is almost all black is a black panther.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
"A black panther is the melanistic color variant of any big cat species. Black panthers in Asia and Africa are leopards (Panthera pardus), and those in the Americas are jaguars (Panthera onca).[1][2]"
I was curious about the population distribution after reading this article. According to this sites below, most leopards in non-African areas are the black colored (melanistic mutation) ones, and that is in mostly south and southeastern Asia.
https://animals.mom.me/countri...
https://outofafricapark.com/me...
Geographic Range
Black leopards occur predominantly in southwestern China, Bhutan, India and Myanmar, and throughout the Malay peninsula including the island of Java. In these areas, melanistic leopards are more common than those with the lighter-colored pelts of animals with dominant genes. In the Malay peninsula, nearly all leopards reported are melanistic. The melanistic mutation is less common in Africa, but individuals have been reported in Ethiopia, Kenya and the equatorial forests of Cameroon. Natural selection may play a role in the predominance of black leopards in Asia, where the melanistic coloration is more of an asset than in the African savanna.
Habitat:
Black panthers live chiefly in the hot, dense tropical rainforests of South and Southeast Asia. They are mainly in Southwestern China, Burma, Nepal, Southern India, Indonesia, and the southern part of Malaysia. Black leopards are more common than light-colored leopards. They are less common in tropical Africa but have been reported from Ethiopia, from the forests of Mount Kenya and from the Aberdares; however, their population in these areas is sparse. One of the reasons that black panthers are able to live in such a variety of habitats is that they can eat many types of animals. Their food includes various species of mammals, reptiles, and birds, all of which live in different habitats.
Nairobi is reporting a severe shortage of black paint...
you know it's going to happen - some asshole rich white guy will now want to shoot the black panther
Remember kids, if you're not paying for the service, YOU ARE THE PRODUCT THAT IS BEING SOLD.
"It is certain black panthers have been there all along, but good footage that could confirm it has always been absent ..."
So it was certainly uncertain? The confirmation to know that the certain situation was certain, was unconfirmed? We can confirm that the certainly unconfirmed prior circumstance, has now been certainly confirmed?
We missed out on this release.
Now Reagan is going to try and pass gun control laws in Africa
I hear American cougars are making a comeback too!
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
Not suspicious timing AT ALL.
"Nine times out of ten, starting a fire is not the best way to solve the problem." - my wife
Illegal leopard, homes.
> "confirmed the existence of black leopards -- as the animals are also known"
That's a little misleading. Black panthers (in Asia and Africa) ARE leopards. Same species. Their colour is caused by a recessive gene, much like red hair in humans, and they can occur in nests that also have regular coloured cubs..
a panther is just like a leopard
except that it hasn't been peppered.
if ever you see a panther crouch
prepare to say ouch.
if ever you are called by a panther
don't anther
--e e cummings
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