Biodiversity crush of the day:

The condition of melanism, the visual opposite of albinism! It's the increased development of the dark-colored pigment melanin in the skin (and fur/hair).

Attaching examples of extremely rare melanistic animals: black barn owl, pseudomelanistic fox, pseudomelanistic jaguar, melanistic deer, pseudomelanistic zebra. Other big cats such as tigers, and many other bird species happen to show this rare mutation.

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