This is an albino gray tree frog (Hyla versicolor) which is normally – you guessed it – gray in color. The lack of melanin gives it this pink hue… which to me makes it look like it’s made out of BUBBLE GUM!
photos by Mariángeles Abelli Bonardi
Tag: Albinism
Luna, the leucistic (not albino) male screech owl
Leucism is a condition in which there is partial loss of pigmentation in an animal resulting in white, pale, or patchy coloration of the skin, hair, feathers, scales or cuticle, but not the eyes. Unlike albinism, it is caused by a reduction in multiple types of pigment, not just melanin.
@elodieunderglass a pretty boy.
LUNA MOTH
animals with albinism – imgur.com
and its opposite – melanism
all these fucking shinies but i still cant get one
Trees, like animals, can also experience albinism, though it is extremely rare.
the reason it’s rare is because without chlorophyll, the plant can’t get energy, and dies shortly after sprouting unless it has some other source of food. so if you see a plant as big as the one in the picture that doesn’t have any green in its leaves, it’s getting its nutrition from the roots of a neighboring plant of the same species, feeding on the sugars created by the other plant’s photosynthesis.
albino plants are basically vampires.
thats metal af
VAMPIRE PLANTS
There are multiple species of trees that are known to feed other trees of the same species through their roots, on purpose, if the other trees aren’t doing very well. I’d imagine this might be the same thing, so willing vampirism.
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