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Melanistic Serval Cat.

Melanistic Serval Cat.

Serval cats can be hard to find but finding a Melanistic is like finding a needle in a hay stack. The Melanistic is just the opposite of a Leucism . It has to ...
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Serval cats can be hard to find but finding a Melanistic is like finding a needle in a hay stack. The Melanistic is just the opposite of a Leucism . It has to do with Pigmentation.
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camera

NIKON D850

settings

settings

Aperture f/7.1 ISO 1250 Shutter 1/200 Focal Length 5000/10

location

location

Tanzania

upload_date

May, 2021

Views

232

Likes

+46

Awards

Winner in Oddities Photo Challenge

Peer Award

+15

Magnificent Capture

+1

Absolute Masterpiece

Superb Composition

All Star

Top Choice

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Superior Skill

Emotions

Impressed

Happy

Top Ranks

Top 20 rank week 1

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Top 10 rank

Top 30 rank week 1

Superb!

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And rare, I'll bet?

Platinum

Our driver was really excited and said he has only seen a couple in 12 years of guiding.

PRO

Wonderful capture...gorgeous!

Ultimate

What a beautiful animal - you captured his expression so well! In your description of this black Cerval Cat you also mentioned leucism (which is not having sufficient pigment. I have an image in my gallery (one of the first shots I posted on Viewbug) of a green tree frog that has lots of yellow spots and patches due to this pigmantation issue. It is quite striking actually. kurt

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Rare find and beauty! Congratulations on your award win.

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Congrats on your challenge win. Well deserved.

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