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Cat.26
Blind Long-tailed Owl, Desert Variant of Little Owl
During the 1980s, variants of regional species of animals such as scorpions, owls and bats were found around the new regions of Singapore. Scientists believe that these species were forced into the reclaimed regions in the 1960s and these slightly paler looking species are a type of desert variant that occurs very rarely. Their deformities were developed to cope with life in the tropical desert. Very little else is documented on these variant species.
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