South African White Lions
The white lion is occasionally found in wildlife reserves in South. It has been perpetuated by selective breeding in zoos around the world. White lions are not a separate subspecies and they have never been common in the wild. Regarded as divine by locals, white lions first came to public attention in the 1970s in Chris McBride’s book The White Lions of Timbavati. The greatest population of white lions is in zoos where they are deliberately bred for color. The population of the white lion is unknown but the most recent count was in 2004 and 30 were alive. White lions are not albino lions. Instead, the white color is caused by a recessive gene known as chinchilla or color inhibitor. Coloration gives white lions a distinct disadvantage in nature because they are highly visible. This gives them away to their prey and makes them an attractive target for hunters. The chinchilla mutation, a recessive gene, gives white lions their unusual colors. A similar gene also produces white tigers. White lions in canned hunt camps have been found to have hind-limb paralysis and serious heart defects, indicating a severe level of inbreeding involved in mass-production although they are rare in the wild.
The
Landmannalaugar area is a popular tourist destination and hiking hub in
Iceland's highlands. The area displays a number of unusual geological
elements, like the multicolored rhyolite mountains and expansive lava
fields .
No words to describe Nature..
ARCHITECT LIVES IN EGG SHAPED “HOUSE”:
------------------------------
Personally, I don’t consider anything without a bathroom or a kitchen
to be a house, but apparently that’s not stopping Dai Haifei, a
24-year-old architect in Beijing, China. Dai has built himself a mobile,
solar powered, egg shaped structure that is small enough to fit on a
sidewalk and is made of bamboo strips, wood chippings, sack bags, and
grass seed that’s expected to grow in the spring. It cost about $1,0000
to build and features a lamp that is powered by the solar panel.
------------------------------
Personally, I don’t consider anything without a bathroom or a kitchen to be a house, but apparently that’s not stopping Dai Haifei, a 24-year-old architect in Beijing, China. Dai has built himself a mobile, solar powered, egg shaped structure that is small enough to fit on a sidewalk and is made of bamboo strips, wood chippings, sack bags, and grass seed that’s expected to grow in the spring. It cost about $1,0000 to build and features a lamp that is powered by the solar panel.
No comments:
Post a Comment