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The patterns created by nature (10 pics)

Posted in Pictures 16 Sep 2009 / 11676 views

Mother Nature is always able to surprise us. Sometimes something amazing is right on the body of animals.
Stunning designs created by nature itself, decorate skins of a variety of fauna representatives.
Let's look at these patterns closer. You will be surprised after seeing them.

Black-and-white stripes ripple across the hide of a Grant's zebra.

1

A map puffer fish's (Arothron mappa) eye appears like coral to casual observers in Indonesia's Tukangbesi Islands.

2

A giraffe's spots form irregular patterns.

3

Bird feathers create a colorful show.

4

Intricate rings and dots mark the coat of a jaguar (Panthera onca).

5

A moth's wings appear iridescent when photographed close-up in the Danum Valley Conservation Area in Sabah, Malaysia.

6

The sensory glands on the side of an Arctic char are used by the fish during its annual spawning migration.

7

A close view of a cheetah's wet coat

8

An African elephant's skin can be up to one inch (2.5 centimeters) thick.

9

Boa constrictors use their heat-sensitive scales to locate prey.