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White Tiger

Panthera tigris tigris

Description:

White variety of Bengal Tiger. The white tiger is a recessive mutant of the Bengal tiger, which was reported in the wild from time to time in Assam, Bengal, Bihar and especially from the former State of Rewa. A white tiger is caused by the homozygous occurrence of a recessive allele in the genome. Estimations show that around one in 15,000 wild Bengal tiger births will result in a white tiger.

Notes:

White Tiger diving into water at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, CA.

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37 Comments (1–25)

burnsscitech553
burnsscitech553 6 years ago

Rawr....

JamesPriest2
JamesPriest2 7 years ago

Beautiful picture

Oh my Gosh!!!!! That is awesome!!!!!!!!

yunseong1
yunseong1 9 years ago

Oh my god,you scared me

A (very old picture, 2003) of a animal in captivity, in an Amusement Park would hardly have my admiration. I have tears of sadness for the animal and anger for the people responsible.....

Mike Jazz
Mike Jazz 9 years ago

Stunning!

ILoveAnimals
ILoveAnimals 10 years ago

Wow, great picture!!!

medusasnakes123
medusasnakes123 10 years ago

Great picture! It's at some sort of zoo, right?

HazelMarley
HazelMarley 10 years ago

Oh my gosh! You're an amazing photographer! Great pic!

Layle 24
Layle 24 10 years ago

Awesome spotting!

outsidegirl0
outsidegirl0 10 years ago

scary!

cranbrook-sda-youth1
cranbrook-sda-youth1 10 years ago

Amazing spotting!

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 10 years ago

Gorgeous and scary!

Ursula
Ursula 10 years ago

amazing picture!

JanelleL.Streed
JanelleL.Streed 11 years ago

Great catch, Donna!! :-)))

Nicole_D_19
Nicole_D_19 11 years ago

Oh. My. God. What an incredible picture!!!!!

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

The white tiger is not a mutation. White tigers are born due to a recessive gene that Bengal tigers have.

dolphins9
dolphins9 11 years ago

awesome cool

dolphins7
dolphins7 11 years ago

awsome

Jellis
Jellis 11 years ago

These are at an underwater viewing area at what use to be called Marine World in Vallejo. It is now called Six Flags. You can see other photos online where visitors took pictures of the Bengal and the White Bengals during feeding time.
But this is a fantastic shot taken by Donna.

Smith'sZoo
Smith'sZoo 11 years ago

This is a first class photo, congratulations!

B.A.M.
B.A.M. 11 years ago

It looks good, amazing, and cool

Paulo Sevilla
Paulo Sevilla 11 years ago

shuch a wonderful shot !

Liam
Liam 11 years ago

Wow, great shot, Donna!

Ismael Chaves
Ismael Chaves 11 years ago

That is a stunning shot! thanks for sharing this magnificient photo

DonnaPomeroy
Spotted by
DonnaPomeroy

Vallejo, California, United States

Spotted on Jun 29, 2003
Submitted on Feb 1, 2012

Spotted for Mission

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