Ka nānā ʻana i ka leopākā ʻeleʻele i ka radiation infusion, ua ʻike ka zoologists i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ka holoholona.
ʻAʻole hiki ʻole i kahi leopio me nā wahi ʻole - e peʻe wale iā lākou. Ua hiki i nā kānaka ʻepekema kēia hopena ma hope o ka nānā ʻana i kahi pua ʻeleʻele ma lalo o nā hihi hihiʻo.
Ua ʻike ʻia ka loaʻa me ka kōkua o ke kāmela nānā, ua kau ʻia ma ka nohona o nā leopards ma Malaysia a ke kākō nei ʻo ia ma ke kikoʻī, e hōʻike ana i ka LiveScience. Ka leona ʻeleʻele i hopu ʻia i ke kahua o ka nānā o ka polokalamu. "ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ke ola o nā leopona i loko o kahi honua i hoʻomāliʻi ʻia e ke kanaka," wahi a Lori Hedges, kumu alakaʻi o ke aʻo ʻana, ʻo zoologist ma ke Kulanui o Nottingham ma ʻEnelani. "ʻO kēia ala hou ka hāʻawi ʻana iā mākou i kahi mea hana hou e kōkua ai i ka mālama ʻana i kēia mau holoholona keu kūlohelohe."
I ka loaʻa ʻana o ka mea i kapa ʻia he "ʻeleʻeleʻeleʻele" ma nā leopio i Malaysia (melanism) aʻo nā ʻepekema i 2010. ʻO ka hele ʻana o kahi ʻano kumu i loaʻa ʻole ai ka wehewehe ʻana i ka lauoho o ka lauoho o ka lauoho - e like me ka poʻe noiʻi, hiki iā lākou ke ʻalo maikaʻi i ka hūnā i ka ulu lāʻau i ka wā o ka hopu. Eia nō hoʻi, ʻaʻole i ka poʻe zoologists ke koho i kahi koho kūlohelohe kūlohelohe o nā leopards ʻōpala ma hope o ka hū ʻana o ka lua pele nui ma luna o Lake Toba, i hala i kahi o 74 tausani mau makahiki i hala.