Jolty the Joltik - July 10th, 2012

10 July 2012 @ 11:56 pm

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Sup! Just going to keep it simple today. We're still in requests mode, and following up from yesterday, so today we have more wildcats. Bigger ones this time, though, and all of them follow a theme... sort of! There are only three, but they're all still gorgeous. Can you spot the differences between them, though?

( Today's a spotty day! Jaguars, cheetahs and leopards, along with tiny spotted spiders. )

JAGUARS

Also known as Panthera onca, their markings often include dots inside the centre of a small rosette of other dots. On top of that, the fur on the inside of the rosette tends to be darker than that on the outside. They're quite large, and can weigh up to 200 pounds. Their habitat tends to be around South and Central America, as well.

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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tambako/7309850974/">source</a>

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<img src="http://www.zooborns.com/.a/6a010535647bf3970b0168e90c599b970c-500wi">
<a href="http://www.zooborns.com/zooborns/2012/03/a-flurry-of-furry-rare-white-twin-jaguar-babies-.html">source</a>

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<a href="http://www.nypost.com/f/print/news/international/weekly_animals_gallery_wpm1GDQL6X49RXmUZLdZwN">source</a>

LEOPARDS

Panthera pardus, the smallest of the four 'big cats', lives in a ton of places. It's is mostly found in sub-Saharan Africa, though. Even so, scattered gropus can be found in India and parts of Asia. It's a species that is nearing the threatened staus, mostly because of the pressure on its habitat. Unlike the jaguar, there aren't any spots inside the rosettes of leopards, and they're usually smaller and more tightly packed. Also, just a note- melanistic jaguars and leopards are also all known as black panthers, though they're really different species of animals. Because of the leopard's wide range, there are a lot of subspecies of it, ranging from the African leopard to the Amur leopard.

<img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7166/6667545359_c00ac5c95e.jpg">
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeseamons/6667545359/">source</a>

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<img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3064/3412319517_18aaccc75e.jpg">
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/monti2008/3412319517/">source</a>

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CHEETAHS

This speedy animal is also known as Acinoyx jubatus. It's quite large, and it lives in most of Africa and the Middle East. Weirdly enough, while they can get up trees by jumping, they can't really climb them very well due to the way their paws have evolved. If you see a cheetah in a tree, chances are it either jumped or was carried up there. They are actually a vulnerable species, and do face a lot of threats to their survival. Unlike the jaguar and the leopard, their coats are just evenly spotted and don't have rosettes on them.

<img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3175/2534715394_9922d2f566.jpg">
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tambako/2534715394/">source</a>

<img src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4153/4976816191_67cbffcef5.jpg">
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/safaripartners/4976816191/">source</a>

<img src="http://www.zooborns.com/.a/6a010535647bf3970b016304738e3f970d-500wi">
<a href="http://www.zooborns.com/zooborns/2012/04/a-bond-to-last-a-lifetime-one-year-later.html">source</a>

Those are some gorgeous big cats, aren't they?

Though of course, it wouldn't be quite complete without one more addition...

That's today's spider! And yes, it's actually a spider, continuing the theme of 'stuff with dots on'. Here are two more pictures of that same spider- it's fairly obvious once you look at it closely, but from a distance...

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