Thylacinus cynocephalus

krimija:

Pink-necked Green Pigeon (S E Asia).

Sparklepigeon.

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loveyourchaos:

this is actually more accurate than I’d care to admit. 

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gaymzee:

maybe anime characters dont have ridiculous hair

maybe we are the ones with ridiculous hair

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“If you open your mind, you will see that all the elements are one. Four parts of the same whole. Even metal is just a part of earth, that has been purified and refined.”

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fyanimaldiversity:

ALBINO VS LEUCISTIC: Get it right, PLEASE!

I’m not an expert, but this is something that I thought was an easy thing to understand. I’ll put this in Layman’s terms, since I’m not very confident when it comes to genetics.

Everything on the left side is albino. On the right, leucistic. What’s the difference? I can understand the confusion, especially when the leucistic animal has high amounts of white or the photo is obscured/blurry, but the surefire way is checking if you can is the eyes. Red/pinkish? Albinism. Light blue, or whatever the animal’s normal color is? Leucism. Albinos lack ALL color pigments, leucistic things just have reduced color.

Also, if it has patches of white, it is not albino. HALF ALBINO IS NEVER A TERM YOU SHOULD USE EVER, PLEASE. IT DOES NOT EXIST. Pied, piebald, etc are terms that can used to describe things that have white patches, but they are just forms of leucism (or chimerisim, but that’s another story). 

These piebald fawns are disappointed by your former misuse of these terms.

THIS IS A PET PEEVE POST.

Now see, I’ve never even heard the word “leucistic,” so if I had seen an all-white animal I would have just assumed it was albino.

They’re also close and I applaud their effort, but albinos do not lack all color pigment. Only melanin. It’s why most albino reptiles and amphibians are a mix of white and vibrant, highlighter-like colors. Leucistic animals still have their melanocytes, they merely didn’t descend properly from the neural crest during fetal development.

There’s also hypomelanism. Which can look close to albinism, but cause merely an extreme paleness. Most human “albinos” are actually hypomelanistic, hence their blue eyes and/or pale blonde hair. We just for some reason round up various pigment disorders under one label when dealing with our own species.

FALSE. There is such thing as partial albinism!!!! It’s possible for a bird to have some white feathers and have that be because of albinism, not leucism (or w/e). I’ll agree that “half albino” is a bullshit term, but partial, imperfect, and incomplete are all legit forms of avian albinism at least! I’m not sure if it manifests in other kinds of animals the same way, though. It’s very interesting!! 

*ollies outie on my skateboard made of birds

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LEARNING ON ALBINISM TONIGHT

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scienceandrollerskates:

Today, I made some calming manatees, but most of them are the wrong size to go on the site.

Oh well. Would you like them?

Oh my god this is BEAUTIFUL

Oh my gosh this is my favourite meme aldkfjaflak

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