Trip to the zoo – Serval fur

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Sleeping Serval cat (Leptailurus serval) at London Zoo (1)

These are pictures of a beautiful Serval big cat at London Zoo. It was fast asleep on a very hot day and I was able to capture some shots of its lovely spotted fur coat. It is such a pity that this wonderful creature is endangered because the fur, which is such a great camouflage where it lives in west and east Africa, is in demand by the fur trade. One population in Cape Province has already been entirely wiped out by hunters.

Patterns in nature: The spotted fur on a sleeping Serval (Leptailurus serval) at London Zoo (2)

Fur texture and pattern: The spotted fur on a sleeping Serval (Leptailurus serval) at London Zoo (3)

Fur on the Serval:The spotted fur on a sleeping Serval (Leptailurus serval) at London Zoo (4)

Natural spots and dots on animal fur: Spotted fur on a sleeping Serval (Leptailurus serval) at London Zoo (5)

Sleeping African Serval (Leptailurus serval) at London Zoo (6)

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