![]() ‘The theory is that the recessive gene that causes the markings, or lack of them, is similar to the phenomenon that causes the markings on the ‘King’ cheetah of South Africa and Zimbabwe. ‘He ran off after a while but only when a serval cat appeared and he took off after it. ‘It was one of the biggest rushes I’ve ever had in my life. ‘I didn’t expect to see it at all, the area we were going to search was 100,000 acres without borders and he could have easily been beyond that. ‘Not only was he a staggeringly beautiful animal but I knew that this was a privilege very few other people would ever have. ![]() It was one of the biggest rushes I’ve had in my life. ‘I was really excited as we managed to get about 50 yards away. ![]() ‘It was on the last morning that a pilot who was assisting me spent 45 minutes circling an area so I bombed over to where it was and found the cheetah with its mum that had spots. ‘I then got a call saying it had been seen again so I spent another two days searching. Guy said: ‘I didn’t think it likely that we would find the cheetah and after three days I gave up and went back to Nairobi. Guy, 41, got within 50 yards of the unique creature that had a plain sandy coat of fur with hundreds of small freckles on its back and no sign of black spots.Īccording to experts, the last recorded sighting of a spotless cheetah was in 1921.Īnd they believe the genetic throwback may actually help the young adult male thrive in the wild as it could be mistaken for a lion. Guy Combes, originally from Shaftesbury, Dorset, scoured 100,000 acres of land in Kenya using a Land Rover and even a plane before he tracked it down. The mythical-like creature was discovered by a British wildlife photographer who set out to find it after several reported sightings. They say a leopard never changes its spots but that doesn’t appear to be the case for its cheetah cousin.įor the first time in almost a century a spotless cheetah has been, er, spotted. An extremely rare spotless adult cheetah is seen in the Kenyan plains - the first time one has been sighted in nearly 100 years
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