Good evening! Here's a change from all the stripes and spots yesterday. For today and tomorrow we're taking a look at some animals with very... well, I think it's interesting, but it's up to you to decide! Today, we're building on some of the creatures that we've seen over the past few days, that is- melanistic animals.

Melanism is, simply put, the exact opposite of albinism. Instead of being all light, you get all dark instead. This happens in all sorts of animals, so let's just take a look at a few! Instead of listing the species name first, this time I'm putting all of them at the bottom of this post. Can you identify the animals? It shouldn't be too hard.


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1. Serval
2. Leopard
3-4. Squirrel
5. Guinea pig
6. Bunny
7. Owl
8-9. Wolf
10-11. Fox
12. Harrier

And finally...

















Wait, no, wrong spider.


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Remember this pretty spider? It's the Australian Jewel Spider! One of the orb weavers. Here is a black morph of it:


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And that's it for today! Come back tomorrow for... well, it's a bit of a surprise, but it'll be linked to what you saw here. I hope it'll be just as interesting. Also, if you only read one of the sources, check out the one for the owl, it's nifty.

Good evening! Here's a change from all the stripes and spots yesterday. For today and tomorrow we're taking a look at some animals with very... well, I think it's interesting, but it's up to you to decide! Today, we're building on some of the creatures that we've seen over the past few days, that is- melanistic animals. Melanism is, simply put, the exact opposite of albinism. Instead of being all light, you get all dark instead. This happens in all sorts of animals, so let's just take a look at a few! Instead of listing the species name first, this time I'm putting all of them at the bottom of this post. Can you identify the animals? It shouldn't be too hard. <img src="http://simonthomsett.wildlifedirect.org/files/2008/10/black_serval.JPG"> <small><a href="http://simonthomsett.wildlifedirect.org/2008/10/23/aberdare-melanistic-servals-and-mountain-buzzards/">source</a></small> <img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7047/6854621430_6cfec800bd.jpg"> <small><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/retrorocketrick/6854621430/">source</a></small> <img src="http://farm1.staticflickr.com/192/511744028_1673e1370c.jpg"> <small><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/91575473@N00/511744028/">source</a></small> <img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7077/7294779984_e2b1ccde02.jpg"> <small><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/7522172@N07/7294779984/">source</a></small> <img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7040/6967655944_1a6a5c0301.jpg"> <small><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22671861@N02/6967655944/">source</a></small> <img src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4089/4840636850_b15e0560af.jpg"> <small><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/44274242@N07/4840636850/">source</a></small> <img src="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01079/earth-graphics-200_1079617a.jpg"> <small><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/3353197/Black-barn-owl-is-one-in-a-million.html">source</a></small> <img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6215/6244202760_9ac105da2b.jpg"> <small><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9453805@N07/6244202760/">source</a></small> <img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7164/6712748545_3ae88216d6.jpg"> <small><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/puckster55pics/6712748545/">source</a></small> <img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3414/3183663654_d96a964070.jpg"> <small><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mhawkins/3183663654/">source</a></small> <img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6080/6028419253_44529c1bdd.jpg"> <small><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/darcy-r/6028419253/">source</a></small> <img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8018/7452289684_b5ee905e37.jpg"> <small><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephendaly/7452289684/">source</a></small> 1. Serval 2. Leopard 3-4. Squirrel 5. Guinea pig 6. Bunny 7. Owl 8-9. Wolf 10-11. Fox 12. Harrier And finally... <img src="http://nerdbastards.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/venom-spiderman.jpeg"> Wait, no, wrong spider. <img src="http://i.imgur.com/qBEq4.png"> <small><a href="http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_weavers/JewelledSpiders.htm">source</a></small> Remember this pretty spider? It's the Australian Jewel Spider! One of the orb weavers. Here is a black morph of it: <img src="http://i.imgur.com/4h1ZB.png"> <small><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/centralaustralia/6778492240/">source</a></small> And that's it for today! Come back tomorrow for... well, it's a bit of a surprise, but it'll be linked to what you saw here. I hope it'll be just as interesting. Also, if you only read one of the sources, check out the one for the owl, it's nifty.