Strangely Colored Animals

Some animals have very strange, never-seen-before colors. Thus, very first and obvious examples of such amazing creatures are the underwater animals. In the Australian Great Barrier Reef, for instance, there are 1.500 species of fish and 4000 kinds of mollusks. They have all the colors of the rainbow. They are often hard to see because of the brightness of the colors.

Another strangely colored animal has been discovered by researchers and scientists from Borneo. As they were studying the swamps, they came across a very unusual species of serpent. This special snake has the ability to change its color. This capacity is quite common for reptiles, if we are to think of the celebrated chameleon, for instance. However, such a snake having the ability to switch from a skin color to another is rather hard to find. Reptiles usually change their color in order to escape dangerous predators, but such snake was indeed a first time encounter so it has not been seen before. The very exact place in which the animal was found is the island of Borneo, in the Betung Kerihum National Park, on the Indonesian side of the island. The color-changing snake is regarded as a major discovery.

The same astonishment came when the owners of Brumas, the he-cat, returned home with a "Barbie pink" color instead of his regular white coat. The cat's name was taken from the first polar bear born at London Zoo.

One apparently peaceful Friday, Brumas went for his usual walk somewhere around his Bratton Clovelly home. But he came back a completely different cat. His owners were simply dumbstruck by the pink fur the male now possessed! So he was immediately taken to the vet. The doctor declared the animal was perfectly healthy in spite of his brand new look. Brumas owner, Mrs Worth, declared: "He was pink - Barbie pink. His head, ears and right down his body, although not underneath, had gone a quite brilliant pink. We went to the vet on Saturday, but they couldn't find any reason for it, although they decided it wasn't toxic, which was what I was worried about."

The vets stated that the color was also completely non-toxic for the animal. Here's what Mr Worth had to say: "We have thought about everything as to how this happened, from him being covered in some form of cow treatment to children's poster paints. We have no clue where he was that could have caused this to happen."

The change in color suffered by Brumas is not to be blamed on pain, because his hair was not at all matted. So the change in the cat's color remained un unsolved mystery.

I will take you now from strange looking cats to strange looking rats. Since natural mutations within this species occurred quite frequently, some very strangely colored animals appeared. So rat pit owners were very likely to come across many odd specimens. One such example is called Jimmy Shaw, from London. He is known to have found and then taken care of some really unusually colored rats, which he probably sold as pets later on.

The albino hawk with red tail is another strangely colored animal. Apparently, albinism occurs quite often in the case of birds. Albinism can be explained by the lack of the pigment of color in the birds' feathers, and it most often means that the bird is white. Usually, birds have only partial albinism, which means that they are partly normally colored, partly devoid of color, namely white. However, there are also special cases in which the bird is completely white, so completely lacking in pigment. The birds eyes are usually either red, or pink, and the legs are either white, or a very light color. Because of albinism, it is very difficult for such specimens to survive in the wilderness, where it is essential for them to be able to camouflage and hide from predators. So albinism in birds makes them quite visible during the day, but especially during the night, when most hunters are looking for their prey.

These are but a few examples of animals of strange color. Nature's Creator surely still has plenty of surprises to show us!