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50 Times People Spotted Things In Very Unusual Colors And Just Had To Document It For Everyone To See
The chance your backyard is being savaged by a mole is quite a high one. Unless we’re talking an albino mole, this little white dude with a congenital lack of melanin, which occurs 1:100,000. But there’s something inherently beautiful about the odd ones out in this world, where everything seems identical to one another.
And this time, we have prepared a real treat for anyone who loves rare sights, unusual color combinations, and anything out of the ordinary. Thanks to the subreddit “Real Life Shinies” created on the 16th of June, 2016, 247k members have gathered an incredible collection of “shinies but in the real world!”
From wild animals and pets to street signs and architecture, these shinies will change your perspective of the color of things we know very well, or rather, we think we know. Let’s make our heads spin a little, and then a little more.
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Shiny Black Cockatoo
When You’re Dark And Spooky But Very Cute
This Golden Mouse
To find out more about the community of “Real Life Shinies,” Bored Panda reached out to the moderator u/papa_goobs, who said that the subreddit was first created by the user u/IAlwaysLieAMA who has since quit social media. “He originally posted a comment and someone had done the whole "/r/fakesubhere" and ended up creating the subreddit and it just took off from that post.”
Today, the subreddit has around 1 to 3 posts daily, but the moderator assured us that they can receive up to 10 submissions per day if the subreddit gets featured anywhere.
When asked what the title refers to, u/papa_goobs explained that “Real Life Shinies refers to the Pokémon universe, in which you can obtain a specially colored version of a Pokémon by random chance. This translates into objects that aren't the natural color they are in a more mainstream light.”
The moderator’s favorite posts are the “oddball ones, like this clear pie, or most recently, this little guy with his extra toes.”
A Really Shiny Beautiful Creature
Meet Narnia, A Rare Two Faced Cat
This cat is a chimera. When it was in the womb, it absorbed one of its littermates and the two kittens developed as one.
This Unique Chicken With Heart Patterns In Its Plumage
The Blue Java Banana Taste Like Vanilla Ice-Cream
A Partially Melanistic Genetic Variation Called A Cross Fox
White Chocolate Mousse
A Black Cat With A Pink Nose!
Half Albino Peacock
The malfoys would approve (nb growing up our house wasnt far from one that had honest to god peacocks and peahens, they would come on to our lawn and make such a noise near bedtime, but now whenever I hear peacocks and peahens it makes me sleepy lol)
Shadow Turtle!
Australian Veterinary Clinic Rescues A Golden Possum. They Named Him Pikachu
Shiny Zebra
“Zeus” The Blind Owl Has Beautiful Stars In Its Eyes
Only Known Albino Hump Back Whale On The Planet
Pet The Darkness
An Iridescent Thresher Shark
This Alabaster Kitten Named Olive Has Half Brown And Half Blue Eyes Due To A Rare Genetic Condition Named Sectorial Heterochromia Iridis!
My Hair Is Half Blonde Half Brunette. Including Eyebrows And Eyelashes
A Black Doe
Rare White Giraffes Sighted In Kenya Conservation Area
Extremely Rare White Baby Reindeer
White Dog With A Black Head
(Absolutely no racism intended) Why are there so many black things in this post?
What Is This Little Golden Beetle? Maine
Iridescent Clouds In Siberia
This Is An Albino Wood Turtle , These Are One Of The Rarest Turtle Morphs In The World
A Black Flamingo Spotted In Cyprus, 2015
Atelopus Barbotini, A Purple Toad
Shiny Racoon
“It’s Not Just A Phase, Mom”
Alolan Fox
Strawberry Finch
Half Red Half White Flower
Very cool! Cause is a random mutation during flower development that caused a main component for producing the red pigment to be either trash and completely absent. All cells descending from the original mutated cell inherited the defect and are therefore unable to create the pigment. Mutations happening in fully developed organisms are pretty common - after all, growth and tissue renewal require cell division, and for each cell division the complete genome has to be copied. Despite the extremely low error rate overall, the sheer number of cell divisions means that per organisms, mutations are pretty much bound to happen. That's what cancer is about... Also the cause of moles. Also, it's the reason why skin and colon cancer are the most common, those tissues renew like crazy! Older cells are pushed to the outermost layer, where friction eventually removes them. The skin is completely renewed about every 4 weeks. Lecture end. Sorry about the weird berth from roses to skin cancer...
My “Black Magic” Petunias From This Summer
Rare Black Hulk Hogan Spotted
Leucistic Sea Turtle Found On Fb
White Moth With A Chicken Face
Black Gecko
This Cat Has A Rare Red Fur Pattern
Wow this looks so much like my last cat, rest her soul. Every summer she turned rusty red like this, it was quite beautiful.
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Shiny Rottweiler
This Snake Has A Pumpkin On His Back
A 1 In 2,000,000 Blue Lobster!
iM bLuE dA bOo dEe dA bOo dIe dA bOo deE dA bOo diE da bOo dEe dA bOo diE
Does This Glitched Zebra Count?
Shiny Bearded Dragons
Shiny Ginger Seal Pup In Russia
The seal on the left is on the verge of slapping him for hogging the camera
Coolest Shiny Lobstah Yet
Shiny Clear Lemon Pie
Spotted A White Dachshund!
This Black And White Squirrel
Shiny Bee Found In Western Australia
This Fish Caught Off The Coast Of Hawaii
Frillback Pigeon
Double Shinies
Shiny Snail
Baby Seal!! Going Through A Blonde Fur Phase
A Giraffe With Albino In Tanzania -Pic Not Mine-
This Turtle
Shiny Kiwi
Aw this fella! He has his own picture books, but sadly passed away recently :( kiwi are rare enough, i dont think ive ever heard of another albino one
The Shiny Black Deer From Last Year Returned This Year And Gave Birth To A Non-Shiny Fawn. Turns Out Shiny Gene Does Not Get Passed Down
1 In 30 Million...
Hope they didn't kill it - and also hope they filled out a lotto ticket!
Shiny Redwood
Not A Shiny Visibly, We Discovered A Dilute Tortie Called Delilah Is Male Sexed Today! Tortie And Calico Males Are Extremely Rare!
A White Bear
Raw Blue Diamond
Melanistic Emperor Penguin
Shiny Kitty
Rare Leucistic Alligator
Literal Real Life Shiny
Metallic Tarantula (Poecilotheria Metallica)
Hetero Chromatic Cherry
White Crow
Rose Gold Female Cardinal!
Fringed Leaf Frog (Cruziohyla Craspedopus)
Found This On Twitter Earlier!
Quite A Few Shiny Turtles In Here!
A Dachshund With Vitiligo
Purple Peppers
Set Of 3 Shiny Baby Gators! (Photo Credit To Graziani Reptiles Inc.)
Maybe You Guys Will Enjoy This Blue Lobster I Caught Today
Lobster: I'm blue. Da ba dee da ba di. Da ba dee da ba di. Da ba dee da ba di. Da ba dee da ba di.
Melanistic Barn Owl
Abstract Artist Guinea Pig
The Cat That Knows Life
Yellow-Throated Toucan With A Genetic Condition Called Leucism. Spotted In Costa Rica
Half Shiny Leaf
Pure Black And Pure White Kookaburras. The White Lives In The Canberra Zoo And The Black Was Found This Week In Brisbane
Different-Color-Things
This Cotton Candy Colored Lobster
Reddit, Here Is An Albino Snail
A Shiny Mlem. A Rare Black Silver Fox Hanging Out In Dublin
Does This Count?
This Bull Who Fell In A Paint Can
Light Blue Crayfish
Please let live and grow lots more in this color! They are gorgeous!
Extremely Rare 1 In 10,000 White Killer Whale. Only 8 Have Ever Been Recorded
Dude, you can't just imply, "Most Killers are black". Better call 'em "Orcas".
A Labrador Born Green Because Of A Pigment Called Biliverdin
I've heard about this happening to both puppies and kittens. Unfortunately, the green color doesn't last.
A Cat On A Cat
I Heard We Are Doing Lion Cubs For Lion King - I Went On Safari And Saw A Rare White One
My Yard Has A Mole Problem, But I Never Thought I'd Find An Albino! Chance Of 1:100,000
Me and my older brother caught a mole once , we named him Stewart , he was good mole but we had to put him back =(, we miss you Stewart
Not One, But Two Shiny Iguanas
Gold Canadian Goose (Not My Photo)
Shiny Gorilla!!!
His name was Snowflake, and he was pretty famous https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowflake_(gorilla)
This Handsome White Squirrel
Shiny Crow That Lives In My Neighborhood
Meet Lucky, The Ultra-Rare Cotton Candy Lobster Who Is 1 In 100 Million
Does This Count ?
Yes indeed it do! Someone tell Barbie we found her fire hydrant 😂
Purple Roliepolie
Pink Police Cruiser
Shiny Mcdonalds
One In Two Million Blue Lobster
Metallica’s Ride The Lightning With The Green Misprint. Originally Supposed To Be Blue But Several Hundred Copies Were Misprinted In Green And Are Very Rare To Come By
A Pink Grasshopper We Came Across Whilst Doing Research In The Pyrenees
Orange Tp!
Shiny Starbucks - Kyoto, Japan
A Frosted Flake Made Completely Out Of Sugar
My Wife Said There Was A 7-Eleven In The Town Center. Drove By It The First Time Before I Saw It
Completely White Moth
At New York Botanical Gardens
Beautiful Lobster We Caught Today
Silver Penny
This Fanta Is In The Wrong Colored Bottle
A Golden Trout vs. A Normal One
My Local Taco Bell
Just Some Trash Bags
This Shiny McDonald's
Shiny Mario Bros
I Caugth An Ablino Catfish Last Summer
This Mcdonalds Sign In Salzburg, Austria
Stop! But If You Really Want To Go I Guess That’s Fine
Grey Stitch At Mall
Because that Makes sense . ‘Hey Gary what color is stitch?’ ‘Idk bob gray?’
This Target We Saw In Tennessee
Yeah that’s the brand new target here. It’s super nice idk why they changed the color though. Thanks collierville lol
“Welcome To Mcdonald’s, Would You Like To Make A Deposit Or A Withdrawal?”
I feel like this is wear politicians go do settle their debates over some nuggies
Shiny Duck I Spotted At Work Today
I Guess This One Counts
1/4096 Odd And I've Finally Found My Shiny Squirtle!
This Bottle Of Maker's Mark
Another Shiny McDonald's
Shiny Fizzy Cola Bottle
This Black McDonald's Arches
Green “Do Not Enter” Sign
A Shiny Burger King
I’m Outta Pokeballs
"Shiny" is a Pokemon term that refers to rare Pokemon that are a different colour to normal ones.
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I wonder how all the differently colored animals survives in the wild? Most animals have their color for a reason
kill rate than lighter bears, because light bear's prey can see them easier because they stand out a hella lot. More melanistic bears are harder to spot, especially since most of their prey has better contrast sight, so darker bears can hide and sneak around better without being seen. Lighter bears just tend to scavenge off of carcasses of animals leftover by wolves, cougars, other bears, or any other big game-hunting predators when they feel the need to shake up their diet a little. Hope this helped!! (3/3)
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Load More Replies... I wonder how all the differently colored animals survives in the wild? Most animals have their color for a reason
kill rate than lighter bears, because light bear's prey can see them easier because they stand out a hella lot. More melanistic bears are harder to spot, especially since most of their prey has better contrast sight, so darker bears can hide and sneak around better without being seen. Lighter bears just tend to scavenge off of carcasses of animals leftover by wolves, cougars, other bears, or any other big game-hunting predators when they feel the need to shake up their diet a little. Hope this helped!! (3/3)
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