A melanistic fox, one of the rarest animals on earth

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adarza@lemmy.ca · 105 pts · 98d (1 reply)

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FundMECFS@quokk.au · 2 pts · 97d

Happy cake day

thenextguy@lemmy.world · 70 pts · 98d (1 reply)

rarest

I dunno, looks a bit over-cooked to me.

CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 98d

Damn, now I want burnt ends

TheImpressiveX@lemmy.today · 33 pts · 98d

ininewcrow@lemmy.ca · 20 pts · 98d (3 replies)

A type of Silver Fox .... basically a Red Fox with a genetic mutation that alters its usual red fur colouring with a darker brown or black colour.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_fox_(animal)

I'm Ojibway from northern Ontario and we always identified these guys according to colour ... Red Fox, Black Fox or White Fox (aka Arctic Fox) ... I know Arctic Fox is a separate species and it is rare in my area but we still see it as its a cousin to the Red/Black variety.

Poojabber@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 98d (1 reply)

Help me, Ojibway, You’re My Only Hope...

ininewcrow@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 98d

Hey .... owyadoin?

fossilesque@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 98d
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shweddy@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 98d (4 replies)

Fire/Fighting or Fire/Dark?

DaFuqs@feddit.org · 13 pts · 98d (2 replies)

It is on four legs, which rules out fire/fighting.

k0e3@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 98d (1 reply)

There are fighting types on four legs though.

otp@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 98d

Not many

AzuranAurora@piefed.ca · 2 pts · 98d

Fire/Fighting is such a tired type. Houndour and Houndoom would appreciate some same-type friends.

Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz · 14 pts · 98d

Hey look, its a fire fox

N0t_5ure@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 98d

They should call this the Lava Fox.

aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 98d

Real life shiny.

Grass@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 98d

you need one of the specialty pokeballs to catch this one

RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip · 7 pts · 98d

i wanna snuggle her

sanguinepar@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 98d

Is it really rare, or just very hard to spot?

4am@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 98d

Belgian Malinois of the Forest

apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 98d (6 replies)

Not a species.

arctanthrope@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 98d (5 replies)

yes but melanism occurs at different rates in different species. a melanistic fox can be rarer than a melanistic jaguar, in the same way that a two-headed dog is rarer than a two-headed snake

apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 98d (4 replies)

Got any data on that?

arctanthrope@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 98d (3 replies)

do I have data on whether different species have different genes, and thus are affected differently by genetic conditions? I mean, it's just sort of inherent to the concept of species, no? I guess as a specific example, I could say that the rate of melanism in humans is none, and the rate of melanism in some other species is not none, as evidenced by the fact that the concept of melanism exists, therefore melanism doesn't occur in all species at the same rate

apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 98d (2 replies)

That's not exactly data specific to the claim in the post, which is my question. Sorry for asking basic scientific questions.

arctanthrope@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 98d (1 reply)

well I didn't make the claim in the post, so I don't know why you're asking me to justify it

apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 98d

Fair, I conflated the rarest claim with your facts. Sorry about that. Cheers, mate.

DarkCloud@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 98d

What about the red hand fish?

Makoto@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 98d
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samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 98d

It's a shiny.