The world's first all black penguin was discovered on an island near Antarctica. A King Penguin, normally with a white belly, was found to be dressed in all black. Biologists say that this is an animal whose pigmentation lost control, or rather took over entirely, something so rare that its odds are said to be about "1 in a zillion." So, while these animals typically have more than one color, this is solely black. And what makes this rarer is that there are the melanin, AKA dark pigmentation, deposits are everywhere, so there are not even light color spots where there would normally be some. No matter how cool this is, I can't help but wonder what affect this is going to have on his survival. Penguins, used to snow and ice, have a white belly in order to camouflage (or so I assume). What happens with this penguin in terms of his rates of survival? Well, I will hope for the best and hope National Geographic (thanks for the photo) keeps us updated.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Penguin Missing Tuxedo
Today's topic goes over animal anomalies: 1 in every 25 million kind of anomalies.
The world's first all black penguin was discovered on an island near Antarctica. A King Penguin, normally with a white belly, was found to be dressed in all black. Biologists say that this is an animal whose pigmentation lost control, or rather took over entirely, something so rare that its odds are said to be about "1 in a zillion." So, while these animals typically have more than one color, this is solely black. And what makes this rarer is that there are the melanin, AKA dark pigmentation, deposits are everywhere, so there are not even light color spots where there would normally be some. No matter how cool this is, I can't help but wonder what affect this is going to have on his survival. Penguins, used to snow and ice, have a white belly in order to camouflage (or so I assume). What happens with this penguin in terms of his rates of survival? Well, I will hope for the best and hope National Geographic (thanks for the photo) keeps us updated.
The world's first all black penguin was discovered on an island near Antarctica. A King Penguin, normally with a white belly, was found to be dressed in all black. Biologists say that this is an animal whose pigmentation lost control, or rather took over entirely, something so rare that its odds are said to be about "1 in a zillion." So, while these animals typically have more than one color, this is solely black. And what makes this rarer is that there are the melanin, AKA dark pigmentation, deposits are everywhere, so there are not even light color spots where there would normally be some. No matter how cool this is, I can't help but wonder what affect this is going to have on his survival. Penguins, used to snow and ice, have a white belly in order to camouflage (or so I assume). What happens with this penguin in terms of his rates of survival? Well, I will hope for the best and hope National Geographic (thanks for the photo) keeps us updated.
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