67 Rare Animal Color Mutations That Feel Like A Glitch In Real Life
I started looking into rare animal color mutations, and now I can’t stop. Some of these look totally normal at first, then your brain does a double-take when you realize something’s different.
It’s wild how a simple shift in color can completely change how animals look. These all feel like little glitches in real life, in the coolest way.
1. “Rare Orange Snowy Owl”
2. “Golden Mouse With Wavy Fur!”
3. “This Raven’s Striking Pale Plumage Is The Result Of The Genetic Mutations Leucism Or Albinism”
4. “Piebald Grey-Headed Flying-Fox, Named Tal’ngai Dha’run, Which Means ‘White Wing’ In The Local Yugambeh Indigenous Dialect Of Australia”
5. “This Entirely Black Penguin, A Very Rare Occurrence”
6. “Shiny Mallard”
7. “Australian Veterinary Clinic Rescues A Golden Possum. They Named Him Pikachu”
8. “This Gorgeous Fella Foraging In Our Back Forest”
9. “This Is A Cinnamon Raccoon. This Coloration Is Typically Due To A Genetic Condition Called Leucism, Which Reduces Pigmentation”
10. “My Old Highschool Teacher’s Racoon Living Her Yard. Very Friendly Apparently”
11. “Shiny Dalmatian”
12. “Do You See Fortune Cookies, Raviolis, Or Something Else? These Are Actually Albino Razorback Musk Turtle Babies”
13. “2 Shinies At Once! A Leucistic And A Mutation- I Work With These”
14. “These Zebras Have Pseudomelanism (AKA Abundism), A Mutation That Causes An Abundance Of Melanin”
15. “Rare Royal Purple Princess Crabs Were Spotted In Kaeng Krachan National Park, Thailand”
16. “Albino Fur Seal Is Rare Event. This Is A Clear Albino Without Any Pigmentation Even In Its Eyes”
17. “The Leucistic Crow That Lives In My Town”
18. “Shiny Capybara Shiny Capybara”
19. “My Grandson Got To See The Spotless Giraffe And Snapped This Pic!”
20. “Blue Mutated Phelsuma Laticauda”
21. “A Snowy Reindeer”
22. “A Rare Pink Manta Ray”
23. “Very Rare Cat Coat Pattern”
24. “We Have An Extremely Rare Black Fox Relaxing In Our Garden. West Yorkshire, UK”
25. “A Rare Opalized Ammonite Fossil”
26. “White Leopard Tortoise”
27. “Dark Blue Crayfish With White Speckled Spots In Thailand”
28. “25 Years Of Life And I’ve Only Just Discovered Pink Grasshoppers Exist, And Apparently Like My Car”
29. “I Have Never Seen A Magpie This Colour Before!”
30. “Yellow Coloured Penguin”
31. “My Yard Has A Mole Problem, But I Never Thought I’d Find An Albino! Chance Of 1:100,000”
32. “A Labrador Born Green Because Of A Pigment Called Biliverdin”
“His name is Pistacchio and he’s doing fine! He was born in Pattada, a little village in Sardinia. The green color, which will progressively fade away, is a consequence of biliverdin, a pigment that he ingested while in the womb.”
33. “My Horse’s Two-Toned Mustache”
34. “A Rare Piebald Leucistic White-Faced Fawn, Michigan”
35. “This Cat Has Very Rare Lilac Colouration”
36. “Adelie Penguin With Isabellinism, A Genetic Mutation That Dilutes The Pigment In Feathers”
37. “Anyone Ever Seen A Whimsical Beauty Like This??”
38. “White Mountain Lion Spotted In Brazil”
39. “I Saw A Black Deer Today In Sweden!”
40. “Mega Rare Cotton-Candy Colored Lobster Found On The Coast Of Maine. 1/100,000,000 Odds”
41. “Ghost Hummingbird”
42. “The Albino Deer Who Lives By My Cousin In Northern Wisconsin Had Albino Babies This Year”
43. “Shiny Pigeon Has Seagull Coloration”
44. “You Heard Em Boys, Shiny Hunting This Fine Specimen Is Forbidden”
45. “A Tawny Frogmouth Pair, One Of Which Is Albino Or Leucistic”
46. “Shiny Raven”
47. “Someone From Entomology Said This Would Be Liked Here”
48. “Twin Shiny Zebra Finches Recently Hatched In Our Aviary”
49. “A Shiny Bee!”
50. “An Albino Racoon”
51. “Beautiful Blonde Mallard”
52. “Shiny Catfish With A Rare Disorder Called Leucism”
53. “Rare 1 In 30 Million ‘Calico’ Lobster Saved From Red Lobster Kitchen”
54. “Shiny Bohemian Waxwing”
55. “Golden Moon Bear”
56. “Shiny Gator”
57. “Shiny German Shepard (Blue)”
58. “A Beautiful And Rare White Bison Has Been Spotted In Missouri’s Ozark Mountains”
59. “Not One, But Two Real Life Shinies!!! Check Out These Deer!”
60. “Albino Penguin Among His Peers”
61. ” #54 Pink Pigeon Or Tiny Flamingo?”
62. “Shiny Snakehead”
63. “Caught The Lucky Trout This Morning”
64. “Two Headed Albino Milk Snake”
65. “The Government Forgot To Color This One”
66. “Albino Raccoon Kit Taken From A Friends Wall”
67. “2 Years Ago I Found A Shiny Cat At The Local Shelter”
