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Stories about: spots

How Did Leopards Get Their Spots A new study carried out by researchers at the University of Bristol and led by Will Allen of Bristol's School of Experimental Psychology, tries to answer the question everyone has asked themselves at least once: 'Why do leopards have spots and tigers have stripes?'.They studied 35 species of wild cats ... 20 October 2010 03:43 GMT How Color Patterns Appear on Animals Nature is a highly-diverse place, especially in the ecosystems that have been fortunate enough to escape human influence thus far. A simple trip to a thick rain forest will reveal a wealth of animals, each species sporting a specific type of coat. Fruit flies carry dots on their wings, whereas leopards carry spots, a... 8 April 2010 02:59 GMT Amy Winehouse's Face Disfigures Other Celebrities If you haven't yet had the misfortune to get your eyes on photos of Amy Winehouse, you can count yourselves lucky. The troubled British diva's chaotic lifestyle and continued drug abuse have caused her face to look like it's just been carved out from a posted advertising a really bad horror movie. The ... 28 March 2008 07:50 GMT