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Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

TIL that black panthers aren’t a distinct species - they are jaguars or leopards with “melanism”, the opposite of albinism

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TIL that black panthers aren’t a distinct species - they are jaguars or leopards with “melanism”, the opposite of albinism

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Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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The trait is caused by a recessive allele in the leopard, and a dominant allele in the jaguar.

Black Panther on Wikipedia

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    No. Wrong again. FFS. Do your research. Panthers are “a large wild cat, especially a leopard or jaguar, in a color form with black fur”

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      especially

      This implies that it’s more common for black furred leapords and jaguars to be called panthers, but other things can be called panthers too.

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        Isn’t the “especially” part an injection which could be left out, so essentially: “A panther is a large wild cat, […], with black fur”?

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          Genera are within families, not the other way around. Maybe read a book?

          Also: the genus Panthera consists of 5 big cats. The other two big cats that aren’t in Panthera are the cougar, which is also colloquially called a panther, and the cheetah.

          So, in fact, “panther” can refer to any big cat other than cheetahs.

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          Dude, you clearly know nothing about taxonomy or big cats. You just want to be pedantic, but you are flat out wrong

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        Oh no! You’re right. How dare I use a dictionary of all things to define words? What was I thinking. Of course your superior intellect could easily see through my charade. Whatever would we do without you around to point out our mistakes?

        Shut up.

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        Are you being an asshole about it? Oh wait I don’t need to look it up lol

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        What about https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantera

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