19-12-2016 23:46 via theverge.com

Scientists are in a heated Twitter debate about the 'most beautiful spotted animal'

Scientists are holding a Twitter argument right now about which animals sport the best spots on their fur or skin. Is it the cheetah, Ranitomeya frogs, or orange spotted filefish? Nominations — alongside cute animal pictures — are being tweeted out under the hashtag #BestSpots.
The debate over “most beautiful spotted animal” seemed to have started when Anne Hilborn, a PhD student at Virginia Tech who studies cheetah hunting behavior, posted a photo of a cheetah earlier to
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