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I saw a variety pack out today (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Never seen one with vitiligo(?) before

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Melanistic. Vitiligo would be splotches of albinism.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Oh, I've seen one of those! Couldn't get a great picture though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Good enough of a photo IMO. The terrible part is that it may be a result of past injury because it seems more localized than vitiligo typically presents as.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah, I wondered if that might be the case when I took the picture, that tail was definitely injured at some point.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

That's just a tree cow

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

ty! til

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago

Oh but this is special! I’ve never seen one with partial melanism like this before! They’re usually all black or they’re the standard colouring with grey belly and brown back and tail!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

You spotted a turf war waiting to happen