Gorgeous Rare "Strawberry" Leopard

Tourists to South Africa's Madikwe Game Reserve have been saying there was a red leopard on the property but until photographer Deon De Villiers snapped this photo there was no proof. Experts believe the male leopard's unusual hue is due to a genetic condition known as Erythrism that can cause an over-production of red skin pigment though it's not been documented before in leopards. LINK: BuzzFeed

TOP 5 STRANGELY COLORED BEACHES

“Unless you’re lucky enough to have visited some of the unique shorelines below you’ll probably be used to seeing – at best – golden beaches on your travels. In fact a lot of people believe golden sands to be the only option when it comes to beaches. To prove otherwise, and to show off a few of the world’s most uniquely colored stretches of sand, we present the following selection.” w/ photos. LINK

Psychedelic eyes

Giant leaf-tailed gecko of Madagascar, photographed by Quinton Robinson, Via: Neatorama, Via: tywkiwdbi

Colored Chicks Got Dye Injection While in Eggs

I’ve always thought that 1) buying baby chicks - cute as they are - for little children’s transitory enjoyment on Easter is kind of cruel and 2) colored chicks get to be that way because they are sprayed with dye after they are hatched.

I don’t know if you agree with me or not on point number one, but I guess I was wrong on the second part: chicks can actually get colored by injection of dyes a couple of hours before hatching time!

The scanned article above came from a 1947 Mechanix Illustrated, but it seems like the technique is alive and well today. LINK