GUWAHATI: A picture of a golden tiger spotted in Kaziranga National Park in Assam has left netizens amazed as it went viral on social media platforms.
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Shared by Indian Forest Officer Parveen Kaswan, the pictures of the golden tiger were clicked by wildlife photographer Mayuresh Hendre has garnered around 2.2k retweets and 17k likes.
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He further tweeted that the animal is very rare and the golden colour is due to a “recessive gene”, which gets expressed due to extensive inbreeding. Unlike the Royal Bengal Tiger, it has red and brown stripes and has a pale golden colour.
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