Scientists are holding a Twitter argument right now about which animals sport the best spots on their fur or skin. Is it the cheetah, Ranitomeya frogs, or orange spotted filefish? Nominations — alongside cute animal pictures — are being tweeted out under the hashtag #BestSpots.
The debate over “most beautiful spotted animal” seemed to have started when Anne Hilborn, a PhD student at Virginia Tech who studies cheetah hunting behavior, posted a photo of a cheetah earlier today. Sophie Gilbert, an assistant professor of wildlife ecology at the University of Idaho, then replied, posting the photo of a deer and asking what are the world's most beautiful spotted animals. Hence, the argument started.
Cheetah reaction to the idea of being in...
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