ickplantM to Raccoons · 10 days agoOne of the Denver Zoo raccoons is cooling off with ice during a heat waveimagemessage-square13linkfedilinkarrow-up1178arrow-down10
arrow-up1178arrow-down1imageOne of the Denver Zoo raccoons is cooling off with ice during a heat waveickplantM to Raccoons · 10 days agomessage-square13linkfedilink
minus-squareickplantOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 days agoLeucistic! Not quite albino, and no red eyes, but pale-colored. There are two of them at the Denver Zoo. Leucistic animals have a lower chance of survival in the wild because of their light-colored coats.
minus-squareviral.vegabond@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 days agoWow, that is fascinating. I have never heard that term before. Thank you for explaining!
minus-squareickplantOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-29 days agoIt is fascinating, I agree! Here are some leucistic animals:
minus-squareviral.vegabond@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 days agoThose are so cool, especially the iridescent looking skin on that frog! Incredible :)
Leucistic! Not quite albino, and no red eyes, but pale-colored. There are two of them at the Denver Zoo. Leucistic animals have a lower chance of survival in the wild because of their light-colored coats.
Wow, that is fascinating. I have never heard that term before. Thank you for explaining!
It is fascinating, I agree!
Here are some leucistic animals:
Those are so cool, especially the iridescent looking skin on that frog! Incredible :)