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Some creatures are born different and attract attention, such as the recently found "edge plate turtle" in India, which has a golden legendary skin that at first glance thinks it is a can of yellow peach:
Normally, though, its color should look like this:
This color difference is too much, right?
This golden skin quickly caused a hot discussion in the network. Some say that this is the character of Nintendo that crossed:
Others say it's a lot like a banana-flavored snack:
Or a big moving burger:
On the color, I feel that the net red garlic king eight or the blue turtle are brothers:
Some netizens also believe that God accidentally created it... Knocked over an egg:
So, what's going on here?
At present, the most reliable theory is that the color of this "edge plate turtle" is affected by albinism. To put it simply, albinism is mainly caused by a lack of melanin due to genetic abnormalities, while mammals mainly rely on melanin to dominate color changes.
But unlike mammals, according to reports, the appearance color of reptiles is not only determined by melanin, so this gold is likely to be caused by more yellow pigment retention. Of course, this situation is relatively rare, and if it is retained, it will also appear white. At present, there are also papers that refer to this change in the "marginal plate turtle" as "dyeing albinism".
Some netizens also joked that this edge plate turtle was curryed, but it is worth mentioning that this is the second time since July this year that India has found a golden edge plate turtle. This only looks quite lively in July:
Hold it in your hand, like holding a lemon or egg yolk:
From this point of view, the egg yolk has long legs and is very flexible:
Another local expert said they rescued three last year alone.
At the same time, some netizens pointed out that this color has also appeared in other turtles. For example, the red-eared turtle in the hands of the following little brother is also golden:
However, how to place the golden "edge plate turtle" has now caused some controversy and discussion in the Network, and both containment and release have become problems.
This is because in addition to the possible health problems of albinos, the loss of their original color means that they are more conspicuous in front of predators. After having a distinctive appearance, most of them will face more serious survival challenges as a result.
(Blue-winged kingfisher)
Like the golden "edge plate turtle", some media analysts believe that it is difficult to use its own color camouflage, active in the dark environment where it is often infested by the same kind, and it is also easy to be caught by fishermen.
At this time, people can choose to re-release them, or simply "rescue" them from their natural habitats and be taken in by humans arranged for artificial environments.
But the problem is that if released, it may also be caught by the fishing humans again, or it may not survive long in the wild...
Many other albinos face similar problems.
For example, in 2016, an extremely rare albino green sea turtle was spotted on a beach in Australia:
According to reports, it is one of hundreds of young turtles in the nearby nest, and the little guy is like a chosen child, with a white body and pink:
As experts say, green sea turtles have only one-in-a-thousand survival rate from their cubs to maturity, while albino sea turtles have even lower survival chances.
However, this little turtle is also very energetic, all the way to "catch shrimp households" and go straight to the sea, hoping that it can survive well.
An albino crow was also spotted in August this year, and we were under the impression that the crows were all black:
But the one found in Canada made people think at first that it was a strange-looking pigeon.
When it was found, it seemed to have no energy at all, was underweight and was severely dehydrated. Rescuers believe that the protruding color will make it more vulnerable to attack, and its kind will also crowd it out.
In addition, its vision is poor, and the quality of its feathers is also poor, and these health problems are thought to be related to genetic changes. People want it to return to nature, but its physical condition doesn't seem to be ideal.
In addition, there is an albino crocodile, the following name is "Claude", which is originally a bit scary crocodile, and the skin feels even more terrible:
It is widely believed that this white crocodile is also difficult to survive in the wild, also because of the lack of camouflage to avoid predators, and they become more sensitive to sunlight.
However, the albino hedgehog may be in a better situation, as long as the body is not too clean.
In August, a young boy abroad found a dying albino hedgehog. Rescuers judged that it was most likely to have escaped from a human home.
Its physical condition is also worrying, severe dehydration, malnutrition, etc., but fortunately, after treatment, it has been released back into nature.
The wildlife biologists responsible for treating it believe that the albino hedgehog has a better chance of survival in the wild than other albinos, because after a few days its iconic white "coat" will become dirty and regain its camouflage function.
But then again, when a creature has a rare and distinctive appearance, it faces not only the threat of predators, but also the desire of humans to collect, and this albino creature will obviously sell for a high price in the pet trade.
It is precisely for this reason that some netizens believe that in human rescue operations, some acts of custody out of goodwill have also become controversial.
Many people feel that for this kind of albino creatures that are temporarily alive and jumping, it is best not to mention the so-called "rescue" and "rescue", and let them stay in nature.
More radical netizens directly sprayed:
Some netizens also explained that human intervention and containment are indeed "rescue", because as mentioned above, this color change makes it difficult for them to grow up in nature, and it is better to hide under the wings of humans.
There are also counter-arguments: then why not save the lamb from the lion's mouth? While it's true that they die easily, it's also part of a natural cycle.
However, I don't think this debate is aimed at all living things. For example, a freshly molted cockroach will also appear rare and short-lived white, which is also very good-looking, but everyone is surprisingly consistent in their thinking about it:
Shark up on it.
(The picture material in the article is from netizens, only for learning and exchange)
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