Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoTIL that black panthers aren’t a distinct species - they are jaguars or leopards with “melanism”, the opposite of albinismsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square36linkfedilinkarrow-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 · 2 years agomessage-square36linkfedilinkfile-text
The trait is caused by a recessive allele in the leopard, and a dominant allele in the jaguar. Black Panther on Wikipedia
minus-squarelittleblue✨@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down20·edit-22 years agoRemoved by mod
minus-squaredohpaz42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·2 years agoOh 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.
minus-squareagent_flounder@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 years agoAre you being an asshole about it? Oh wait I don’t need to look it up lol
minus-squaresadbehr@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoWhat about https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantera
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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.
Are you being an asshole about it? Oh wait I don’t need to look it up lol
What about https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantera