A black tiger is a rare colour variant of the tiger and is not a distinct species or geographic subspecies. There are reports and one painting (now lost) of pure black non-striped tigers (true melanistic tigers). Most black mammals are due to the non-agouti mutation. Agouti refers to the ticking of each individual hair. In certain light, the pattern still shows up because the background color is less dense than the colour of the markings.
So-called black tigers are due to pseudo-melanism. Pseudo-melanistic tigers have thick stripes so close together that the tawny background is barely visible between stripes. Such tigers are said to be getting more common due to inbreeding. They are also said to be smaller than normal tigers, perhaps also due to inbreeding or because large black leopards are misidentified as black tigers. A discussion of black tigers was presented by British cryptozoologist Dr Karl Shuker in his book Mystery Cats of the World.
nature is amazing.
this is so photoshopped it hurts but I wish it was real
No, it’s real.
In 1992, the pelt of an apparently melanistic tiger was confiscated from a hunter and smuggler at Tis Hazari, south Delhi. The top of the head and back were black, while the sides showed shadow striping on a black background color. The pelt was exhibited at the National Museum of Natural History, New Delhi, in February 1993. In 1993, a young boy shot a melanistic female tiger in self defence with a bow and arrow, near the village of Podagad, west of Similipal Tiger Reserve. Initial examination suggested the background color was black with white abdominal stripes and tawny dorsal stripes. According to Valmik Thapar in Tiger: The Ultimate Guide, the only proof of black tigers is a skin with a black head and back. K. Ullas Karanth wrote in The Way Of The Tiger that a partially black tiger was recently killed by poachers in Assam.
………you may want to take a close look at this photo. I don’t know about the story but I know for sure that the photo is not authentic. it’s far too pixelated
No, it is an official image I found on google.com. I don’t know about you, but I’ve used google many times in the past for reliable, accurate information, and I have no reason to believe that this picture has been tampered with in any way. The pixelisation is a result of a low DPI image being displayed in HD. I cannot make such a rare photograph appear in better quality— not everyone carries an HD camera around, especially in such rare circumstances. Maybe you can bring yours if you find a rare melanistic tiger in the wild, and I could update this article with a higher quality picture in the future.
Cheers.
well believe what you wish, but if it was the result of a low DPI the rest of the picture would be pixelated as well and ps, not everything on google is real my dear.But good luck to you
