Dressed To Kill - White Tiger Art By Sharon Cummings is a painting by Sharon Cummings which was uploaded on February 23rd, 2014.
Dressed To Kill - White Tiger Art By Sharon Cummings
The white tiger is a rare pigmentation variant of the Bengal tiger, which is reported in the wild from time to time in Assam, Bengal, Bihar and... more
Title
Dressed To Kill - White Tiger Art By Sharon Cummings
Artist
Sharon Cummings
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Painting - Mixed Media Photo Painting
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The white tiger is a rare pigmentation variant of the Bengal tiger, which is reported in the wild from time to time in Assam, Bengal, Bihar and especially in the former State of Rewa.
White tigers are distinct for the normal colouration in that they lack the pheomelanin pigment that in normal tigers produces the orange colour. They still produce the pigment, eumelanin, and hence are not considered albino. Compared to normal tigers without the white gene, white tigers tend to be somewhat bigger, both at birth and as fully grown adults.[2] Kailash Sankhala, the director of the New Delhi Zoo in the 1960s, said "one of the functions of the white gene may have been to keep a size gene in the population, in case it's ever needed."[3] Dark-striped white individuals are well-documented in the Bengal Tiger subspecies, also known as the Royal Bengal or Indian tiger (Panthera tigris tigris or P. t. bengalensis), and may also have occurred in captive Siberian Tigers[citation needed] (Panthera tigris altaica), as well as having been reported historically in several other subspecies.[citation needed] Currently, several hundred white tigers are in captivity worldwide, with about one hundred being found in India. Nevertheless, their population is on the increase.
The unusual white colouration of has made them popular in zoos and entertainment showcasing exotic animals. German-American magicians Siegfried & Roy became famous for breeding and training two white tigers for their performances, referring to them as "royal white tigers," the white tiger's association with the Maharaja of Rewa.
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February 23rd, 2014
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Gull G
Action is the foundational key to all success.” – Pablo Picasso 🌸 Congratulations on your recent sale 💖
James Aiken
Exceptional work Sharon. Love what you did with the eyes. Captivating. Plus the pattern between the eyes looks like a screaming face, which is so wonderfully dark and foreboding.
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