Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoTIL that black panthers aren’t a distinct species - they are jaguars or leopards with “melanism”, the opposite of albinismsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1529arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1524arrow-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 · 8 months agomessage-square36fedilinkfile-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-28 months agoRemoved by mod
minus-squaredohpaz42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·8 months 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-up9·8 months agoAre you being an asshole about it? Oh wait I don’t need to look it up lol
minus-squaresadbehr@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months 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