Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoTIL that black panthers aren’t a distinct species - they are jaguars or leopards with “melanism”, the opposite of albinismsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1530arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1525arrow-down1imageTIL that black panthers aren’t a distinct species - they are jaguars or leopards with “melanism”, the opposite of albinismsh.itjust.worksSjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square37fedilinkfile-text
The trait is caused by a recessive allele in the leopard, and a dominant allele in the jaguar. Black Panther on Wikipedia
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-27 months agoIsn’t the “especially” part an injection which could be left out, so essentially: “A panther is a large wild cat, […], with black fur”?
Isn’t the “especially” part an injection which could be left out, so essentially: “A panther is a large wild cat, […], with black fur”?