Florida panther mystery
I have always been interested in the Florida Panther. It is, by the way, not a panther at all, but the subspecies of puma which is critically endangered. i have always had a theory that the black mystery cats which turn up in Britain and across Europe might be melanistic pumas. The puma is not supposed to be able to produce a melanistic colour morph, but I have often wondered whether a severely depleted gene pool might act as a situation whereby such a colour morph might be produced. Thus, I am particularly interested in the Florida pumas because they are undeniable an extremely limited gene pool. However, it has to be said, that I have seen no proof that they are producing such a colour morph, but I live in hope. JD
