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Macaw with Erythrism
Chimeric lobster
Piebald Fox (also known as a Marbled Fox)
Same cheetah, no spots!
Just freckles on it's butt.
Piebald Moose
Cheetah without it's spots!
Erythrism Jackel
Piebald Peacock
Piebald Squirrel
King Cheetah
Not as rare, but still beautiful
Rottie with vitiligo. Born with normal coloration, it looses it's pigment over time. (Michel Jackson had this condition)
Chimeric rabbit
Piebald Raven
Blond Elk (Not an albino)
katydids with erythrism are bright pink!
Badger with Erythrism
Orange aligator
The only known brown panda.
Chimeric budgie
Pink grasshopper, the same as the katydids!
Spotted in india, their not sure whats causing the coat variation, but it looks like it probably is a form of melanism.
Piebald Deer
A zebra with SPOTS!
Very rare Melanistic tiger
Piebald Cardnial
Ithrendrial
I saw a piebald sparrow once. So fricking cute.
halasterblackcloak
Strange education post like it
YouJustABattleRapper
the spotless cheetah really lets you appreciate the ridiculous musculature
GrandmaSlappy
#1 when your tiger printer runs out of ink
BeenThereSeenThat
Amazing how nature do that!
HighSlayerRalton
Maybe it has the same condition as Trump?
Lumborejack
I'm not sure or anything, but it kinda looks like maybe it's just mud from red clay.
aboxacaraflatafan
That zebra next to him is judging so hard.
HighSlayerRalton
bregma
Not a chimeric lobster. It's a half-cooked lobster.
hadtochangemyusernamesomyhusbandwouldntfigureitout
Seriously? Hopefully it still died quickly when they did that, otherwise that is very sick.
LateNightBunnyParty
No, not seriously. It's a chimera. You should look up harlequin lobster, too. Quite interesting!
slappyhamsalads
Cool! This is a dragonfly nymph (larva) with unusual pigmentation I found in a river.
AnnaNimitee
TIL "Piebald" is NOTHING like it sounds
VoidIncarnate
You're thinking of bald pie.
ShitpostingAroundTheWorldIn80Memes
The rabbit isn't actually a mutation. It's a breed called Harlequin
pteridomania
It's not a chimera I think is what you may have meant :)
SenoraZorra
It's still a mutation, it's just been selectively bred that way.
shinyRK9
samsonguy920
That dog is ready to cross the wasteland to track down his wives.
IAmNotACatISwear
How do they work?
Lovelylinger
Erythrism is just the printer running out of ink.
Cirin
Technically, king cheetahs are only massively bred in captivity, in the wild they are extremely rare, which kinda counts
newat
*they're
AGroupOfPugsIsCalledAGrumble
Who posed those big kitties together?
emocin
That rottie is a juggalo and his parents are disappointed in him
KirschPunkt
#1 looks like the tiger-printer ran out of ink.
LosPer
I find it so strange, really, that these endangered animals have enough of a population to express these rare traits. Is it inbreeding?
InverseNarnia
Yup, inbreeding causes mutations which then carry over as recessive traits which as numbers dwindle become more common
MidiArbite
No, inbreeding increases the likelihood of recessive traits pairing up. Doesn't increase the base mutation rate.
InverseNarnia
Shit....Thank you
HikariShade
Generally, yes. Inbreeding as population numbers dwindle, make the variations more prone to showing up.
sirbazil13
So many shiny Pokemon
stiffweinerman
Ghost moose. They try and scratch off ticks, which takes off their fur. You can see in the picture.
UnPossibleMagician
Gotta catch 'em all, illegal animal trade!
raaaaatttzzzz
Skewbald*. Piebald is only black and white. Skewbald is all other colours and white.
pepperrocks
For the love of God Michael Jackson did not have vitiligo.
proutonium
Reading all the comments thinking surely someone else picked up on this!
teagun
His autopsy proved that he did.
HikariShade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0wQyo_jt6Q He did indeed have it. :)
WitchoftheWilds
He did have it but bleached his skin when it started showing. And continued to bleach his skin a lot.
Rifneno
1-Budgies. All kinds of color mutations. Because humans inbred them for MANY generations to get those. As a result, budgies live to an
catpr0m
I think there is a similar story with the tigers. They are inbred until they can make a pure white one. Imagine the genetic consequences.
Rifneno
2-average of 4 before succumbing to one of the cancers they're predisposed to thanks to us. Wild budiges not twisted by man live 15-20.
retniwck
Uh...I had one as a kid that lived to be 15. The others I've had all hit 10
punkinface
*big fancy words throughout post* then "Orange alligator"
actuallyjustluke
I think it's just covered in dry mud...
punkinface
Oh my, you're right. It even fades. How dare you lie to us, internet!
Thorbane
I don't know, mud would have some texture to it, and would be less evenly distributed.
punkinface
Hmmm... it doesn't seem so even to me. Maybe I'll Google it later.
arnjolt
White Tigers are a result of inbreeding.
numberonespongebebfan
That explains why I saw quite a few in captivity at the zoo
HikariShade
The first white tiger was caught from the wild, but all current white tigers are directly descended from that single tiger and inbreeding.
musemenagerie
His name was Mohan.
bigpoppajass
I recently saw something about an all-black lion?
GrandmaSlappy
It was photoshop
bigpoppajass
Yes. I was aware. Check comment above yours. Lol
As4mi
You mean the one with photoshopism?
bigpoppajass
Lol!!! I didn't know. Just saw something and didn't question it because "damn nature. You scary."
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bigpoppajass
Haha!! Goteem!
ArabCheefy
Are there rare humans
HanktheHeliotropeShank
Half way through this post I was convinced this would end with Trump and some joke about him being orange...
TairaMai
Hair can be piebald, e.g. "Rogue" hair
butterfriedcorn
There have been sightings of humans that are non-violent, kind, and caring for each other.
oshea
That's just an urban legend.
zahnkem
Like, so many
DreamyDaniel
You. You're rare. To me.
TheNerdyNaturalist
My college roommate has vitiligo. It's pretty rare.
AnAverageBrazillian
Orange Trump?
StormWingDelta
lol now this would be a funny thing to see. :) So many of these about other animals we forget to include ones about ourselves. XD
ArabCheefy
Fuck didn't mean to type that I'm down voting my self
XavierWolf
Michael jackson
Gibblesmish
Women who find me attractive.
RedForman95
Black Albino
RedshirtRonSwanson
A working black man.
rustedlion
Intelligent ones
dragontremer
Albino and vitiligo
VergilPrime
I went to school with an albino black kid
TielKiri
Were there any noteworthy characteristics that made him obviously black?
itsbeaverordrugsandipickmeall
Me too. You could tell by his nose and hair and by the way he talked
JonBanano
His parents
hookerwithaheartofgold
The cardinal is also Chimaeric, not piebald. That being said, piebald animals are adorable ^_^
FluffyCockroach
It's also gynadromorphic. One side is female, the other male. I wonder if it sings?
Drosophilamelanobastard
The budgie and the cardinal are both gynandromorphs. 1/2 male and 1/2 female. Secondary sex in birds is more cell autonomous than hormonal(1
Drosophilamelanobastard
The split occurs because of nondisjuction (failure of chromosomes to sort) in an early embryonic cell division rather than true chamerism(2
Drosophilamelanobastard
Where two zygotes fuse into one individual. Similar kind of gynandromorphy occurs in insects as well (3
Drosophilamelanobastard
In most passerine (perching bird) species only males can sing, but gynandromorphs can sing too! (4
Drosophilamelanobastard
Also birds don't have xx for female and xy for male, they use females are zw and males are the homozygotes with zz chromosomes (5
HikariShade
I thought as much as well, but it I dont think the chimeric would show as white on a normally red bird, pi-bald is patches of white 1/2
HikariShade
2/2 on regular coloration. So maybe it's both, but ultimately I think it's just pi-bald.
HikariShade
And upon close look on it, I am fairly confident it is piebald, as if you look at the tail it is not duel toned, but both a regular color,
HikariShade
Same with the wing. If you look, it has normal hued primaries visible. Definitely not a chimera.
hookerwithaheartofgold
The cardinal picture was used as an example of Chimerism in the biology class I took recently through UMUC. 1/2
doubledan
my kitty kind of looks like a strawberry leopard...
threecheersforsweetrevenge
He/she is gorgeous
mrpotatoto
The zoom..
iforgotmypasswords
My god, that cat is beautiful! He/she looks mischievous.
p01s0niv
Wait till it grows up, then it will be life sized
pinkmoogle
I need your kitty!
heathsis2003
Cute cat!
Peteparker
I have one of those, he's an asshole.
senkuo
He looks like an asshole. But he's your asshole
Whitey3303
How much was he if u don't mind me asking.
Peteparker
I believe we bought the pick of the litter with providing proof of neuter for $900.
NeverLye
I wish I had that much money to waste.
Peteparker
Sure wish I did now too. Ah the days of two incomes and no kids...