Wildlife Photographer Captures Leopard With Different-Coloured Eyes In Bandipur
NDTV
Heterochromia iridum, a rare genetic mutation, causes the irises to have two different colours.
In a first of its kind, a leopard with two different-coloured eyes has been photographed at the Bandipur Tiger Reserve in Karnataka. The leopard was clicked by wildlife photographer Dhruv Patil, a member of the Karnataka State Wildlife Board. Beware ! The eyes of this leapord will hypnotise you. In a first documentation of its kind in India, a leopard with two different coloured eyes has been photographed in Bandipur Tiger Reserve by Dhruv Patil. How incredible ! Heterochromia Iridium is a very rare genetic mutation… pic.twitter.com/cR1i9VAa6u Very intense! What a rarely capture. Credit to man behind the camera
During a safari in Bandipur, Mr Patil saw the old female leopard on a tree and clicked her photos. Later, while going through the photographs, he found out that the leopard had two different-coloured eyes – one bluish-green and one brown.
IAS officer Supriya Sahu, who often shares interesting facts and clips about wildlife, posted an image of the leopard on social media platform X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday.
She wrote, "Beware! The eyes of this leopard will hypnotise you. In a first documentation of its kind in India, a leopard with two different coloured eyes has been photographed in Bandipur Tiger Reserve by Dhruv Patil. How incredible! Heterochromia Iridum is a very rare genetic mutation which causes each of the two eyes to have a different colour."
