In contrast to albinism, melanism stains animals’ bodies black, turning them into misfits and oddities among their peers in nature.
A pair of twin Eastern blue-tongued lizards both suffer from melanism. Melanism is just an extreme pigmentation mutation that darkens animals.
An individual of the golden-haired ground squirrel species has melanosis. Golden-haired ground squirrels are often found in the mountainous regions of western North America. A few melanistic individuals of this species occasionally appear in the area during periods of frequent fires.
In the past few weeks, two impressive photos of black lions have been spreading quickly on the Internet. The reason they attract such attention is because, according to mainstream zoology, black lions simply do not exist in reality. If so, they are most likely to be melanotic individuals. The sad thing for those who still hope for a new animal discovery is that these are completely products of photoshop photo effect techniques.
Photo of a rare black deer in Austin, Texas, USA.
An extremely rare, completely black penguin was discovered near Antarctica by Andrew Evans – a reporter for National Geographic magazine. This emperor penguin doesn’t look like its tuxedo-clad counterparts because of a mutation that has a 1 in a billion occurrence rate.
The silver fox is a melanistic form of the red fox. Melanoma occurs when there is abnormal development of dark pigment in the skin. Foxes with the disease show many different shades of their skin and fur: some are all black except for the white tip of their tail; while others may be blue-gray in color. In the wild, silver foxes may be siblings to other normal red foxes. They are also not “picky” about mating with only mutated members like themselves.
A melanized seal pup in Shetland, England.
Black panthers or leopards are a genetic variation that occurs in some species of big cats. These individuals are black because they carry genetic mutations related to melanin metabolism. This variation would likely provide some selective advantages to individuals living in densely forested areas with very low light levels, such as a more balanced and responsive nervous system. than. This is not a separate species because there is no interbreeding isolation from other groups. In a litter of a pair of normal parents, individuals with and without the mutation can be born. This variation is common in jaguars (Panthera onca) and leopards (Panthera pardus).
