Together forever this gorgeous pair of melanistic pheasants were donated to me, I had to do some emergency skinning and prepping today as I have no freezer room! @bezzaboo Thank you for letting me temporarily store them in your normal food freezer #togetherforever #taxidermy #emergency #prep #pheasants #pretty #love #taxidermyco #vultureculture #taxidermyart #taxidermist #bird #game #country #cute #wildlife #amazing #melanistic #animals #hisandhers #freezer #oddities #deadthings #suffolk #art #hobby #craft #pheasant (at Taxidermy Co. UK)
Colour anomalies in the Short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis)
As some of you may know I’ve a bit of a weak spot for everything weird with cetaceans: hybrids, deformities, colour anomalies - I love it all. And Short-beaked common dolphins are a gold mine in that last department. I don’t think any other species displays quite so many different anomalies, and with such frequency, as this one. Some, like the melanistic form, are almost ‘normal’ and quite stereotypical in their presentation. Others, like the dolphins in row 4, are highly unique. So earlier this year I made this poster documenting all know anomalies- initially just for fun but I ended up quite liking it! I hope you’ll have fun perusing the oddities of Delphinus delphis too.
Most of these are based on several animals with similar anomalies. However, since the animals in row 4 are all so unique, here’s specific credits to their spotters: 4A was an individual stranded in the UK; 4B, D and E are all photographed by Lisa Steiner of Whale Watch Azores; 4C by Capt. Dave’s Dolphin Safari, 4F by Marilia Olio, and 4G was published in this article here.
fun fact his exact opposite made an appearance a day later! this is a tweet from the Polish National Forest account:
Yesterday we posted about the Black Prince from the Baryczy Valley, and today in the Forest Inspectorate of Piotrków out of the fog emerged his exact opossite - a snow white leucistic specimen :D#leucism is a partial or complete lack of dark pigmentation. the balance in nature must be kept ;)
