17 animals that painted the night itself

If something never ceases to amaze us for centuries, so it is the work of nature. A great example of melanism, a phenomenon in which animals get a much darker color than their relatives.

The website has collected 17 photos proving that black color is for everyone.

Wolves often have gray, gray-white or light brown color, and much rarer these are the wolves-melanin





It seems that this cock — a figment of someone's wild imagination, but no





The Serval is one of the 12 breeds of cat which are prone to melanism





The color of this Jaguar is an example of incomplete mutation





Giraffe, what you haven't seen it yet





Most often, melanism is associated with the process of adaptation to environmental conditions, but there are exceptions, as in the case with this Flamingo





A young Royal penguin, which looks really Royal





But Bambi could be so!





Examples of the pronounced melanism is not only in the wild, and this Pomeranian is proof





This phenomenon does not cause the animals any harm





If animals are dark brown in color, is more viable than light, changes can be picked up by natural selection





And then they will appear again in the next generation





We have to admit that this mutation only decorates





Over time people are finding new cases of melanism in those species for which previously it was not peculiar to





Reptiles black color plays into the hands: the skin does not reflect light, which helps to better retain heat





So nature definitely all have a reason





And even the goldfish who suddenly became black!





But Lviv-melanistic, unfortunately, does not exist. This is photo manipulation, which became widespread and is still misleading many astray





Photos on the preview rleverton/Imgur phenomenalcosmicpowers/Imgur


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