domingo, 28 de noviembre de 2010

Why the leopard got its spots

ScienceDaily (2010-10-20) -- Why do leopards have rosette-shaped markings but tigers have stripes? Rudyard Kipling suggested that it was because the leopard moved to an environment "full of trees and bushes and stripy, speckly, patchy-blatchy shadows," but is there any truth in this just-so story?

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