The most common colors in life are black and white. In the eyes of most people, white and white generally represent purity, elegance, and nobility; black generally represents mystery, as well as symbols of power and calmness; black and white stripes, as well as some lattice or spot patterns, these patterns are very simple and bright, with a strong visual contrast, the sense of modernity is very strong. In the animal world, black and white are also common. Let's appreciate the style of black and white animals!
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Pure white invertebrates are rare. Occasionally, there are white sponges, carpet anemones, princess anemones, white kPa corals, white reed stem corals, asparagus corals, and giant protozoa with hard white hollow tubes. There are also new white worms on the coast. The White Chardonnay Jellyfish is a large disc-shaped jellyfish with a milky white umbrella, with a maximum diameter of more than 50 cm.
This jellyfish, its edible value is not high, and they secrete a large number of toxins when they grow. Curiously, the squid that is good at changing body color can also turn into a light and elegant white papercover when catching food, but it still uses the "inkjet" skill when in danger.
The largest number of white species are of different types of mollusks, including gourd-like snails with murray inlays, spiny rock banana snails and imperial sea chrysanthemum clams, twisted clams (twisted clams) and scallop-shaped large white fox clams, flat-tubed ivory shellfish shaped like miniature tusks, slender ivory shellfish, barbara hat snails that look like small hats, bell-shaped snails that look like small gyros, etc., which have milky white, silver or ivory shells.
Egg-shaped white hunting cap conch (Auburnberg conch) and sea hare conch (egg conch), the outer lip is inward, shining porcelain white, the most beautiful and moving.
The white-colored invertebrates on land are mainly insects, such as some termites common in South China and the "white golden turtle" living in Southeast Asia. The whitefly is a worldwide invasive pest that has invaded many cities in our country. It is very small, with white wings and powder on the wings. When it flies in groups in the sky, it's like flying "white powder"
There are many white moths, such as the White Witch Giant Nocturnidae, which are found in Central and South America. Wingspans can reach 18 to 32 cm. It is the widest moth in the world. The American white moth is a notorious invasive insect. They are particularly fertile, reproduce faster, and eat a huge amount. It is more destructive than whitefly.
There are many butterflies with white wings, but they have different patterns or spots on their wings. There are two species of butterflies with the most white species, namely pink butterflies and silk butterflies.
White-pink butterflies include white-winged pink butterflies, saw-powder butterflies, cold silk powder butterflies, vegetable powder butterflies, etc., of which the vegetable powder butterfly is widely distributed in the northern temperate zone. Sometimes there are thousands of butterflies. They fly around like goose feathers. White butterflies also prefer "reflexive sunbathing," that is, they use their wings to reflect the sun onto their bodies in order to absorb heat more quickly. Silk butterflies are the most precious butterflies. it
It got its name because its transparent fin membrane resembles silk. They are elegant, luxurious and hardy. They often live above and below the Alpine snow line. There are mainly ordinary red silk butterflies, double-beaded large silk butterflies, small red silk butterflies and white silk butterflies. The Apollo silk butterfly is one of the treasures. It is only distributed in Xinjiang, China, and is also a national second-class protected animal among the few insects in China.
Among other insects, white is more common, such as the famous silkworm moth. Not only are the adults covered with white scales and hairs, but the "silkworm babies" and cocoon shells are also white.
The milky white eggs of the Chinese sand fly often hang on the leaves of the plant. The slender silk resembles a flower stem, and the white dots at the top resemble flower buds. It was once mistaken for the legendary "Flower of Yutanboro", which bloomed only once in 3,000 years. The caterpillar of the American "smiley face moth" has a fluffy white hair. From the front, it's a bit like sticking out your tongue.
In general the white spiders are very beautiful. The legs and back of the white crab spider are translucent white, and their abdomen is snow white, usually with a black spot on the edge of the abdomen.
Its ovipoting organs are usually hidden in leaves wrapped in white spider silk. White-flowered spiders like to hide in white flowers, ready to ambush passing insects. This strange but beautiful seven-horned crab spider has a similar habit. The shape of the seven-horned crab spider generally looks like a pure white orchid, and some "non-eye" insects will be eaten by predators on the "flower".
Whitefish are also common. Among the most famous "Three Whites of Taihu Lake", there are silver fish and white fish, especially the new silver fish of Taihu Lake. The whole body is crystal clear, like a white jade carving of lanolin.
There are also many silvery-white fish in the sea, such as the striped fish, which is a fierce carnivorous fish. The marine killer Jaw is even more terrifying. It is known to fishermen as the "White Death".
Unlike white amphibians and reptiles, there are countless white birds, such as the long-crested starlings in songbirds,
White pheasant among land birds,
White South American birds of prey,
White cockatoos among climbing birds, etc.
Another interesting example is the black chicken. Although its bones are black and its mouth, skin, and flesh are black, its feathers are white and it is known as the "Black Chicken White Phoenix".
The largest group of white species is waterfowl, including swimming birds and wading birds. For example, among the migratory birds are snowy owls and white-sheathed gulls distributed in Antarctica.
Snow geese, yellow geese and slender-billed geese distributed in the Arctic,
White grass goose distributed in South America, etc. There are also little swans, giant swans, and warty swans, whose necks are often bent into elegant "s" shapes in the water, like brides wearing white gauze.
The white waterfowl also has two white-tailed baboons with specially extended central tail feathers, a thick, short and fat white pelican with a fishing "big net bag" under its mouth, a long-legged white stork, an oriental white stork and a white cinnamon.
A black-headed white cinnabar and an American egret, with a slender mouth bent downwards, a spoonbill and a white spoonbill with a mouth like a pipa, and a red-crowned crane, elegant posture, graceful dance, sound like a white crane that whistles... Among the wading birds are egrets, middle egrets, great egrets and yellow-billed egrets. The ancient Chinese also called them "snow guests" or "snow invincibles" because of their white and flawless feathers.
Among marine mammals, the Chinese white dolphin is a treasure of China. It is known by fishermen as "Mazu Dolphin" and "Zhengang Dolphin".
Beluga whales that live in the Arctic Ocean are loved because they have small bright eyes, a figure-of-eight mouth and a high forehead.
Most of the land mammals with white fur all year round are ungulates, such as white bighorn sheep, snow sheep, and white longhorn antelope.
The most famous is the polar bear.
In fact, during the Arctic winter, many birds and mammals wear white clothes and become one with nature, which is neither easily detected by prey nor by predators. Among them, the snow rabbit leaves only a black ear tip, while the ferret leaves a black patch at the tip of the tail.
When it keeps swinging, it looks like it's plowing snow, so its common name is "snow plowing." Snowy Owls are one of the few owls that are active during the day. The Willow Thunderbird changes its feathers four times a year, which suits the color of its habitat. It can be called the "fashion master" among birds.
Among some white animals, there is a relatively special case, that is, the "albinism" of animals. The appearance of the same animal is the same, but the body color is different, and in the same middle and higher vertebrate population, in general, there are individual animals that will produce genetic variations, and they are usually white, so they are called albinos. This is because their bodies lack tyrosinase and cannot synthesize melanin. Shennongjia, Hubei Province, China, is the region with the most albinos. At present, more than a dozen albino animals have been found, such as white bamboo rats, white grizzly bears, albino turtles, white snakes, albino porcupines, pure white sparrows, and albino moles.
The most common albino bird is the white peacock.
It is a variant of the blue peacock. Its whole body is as white as jade. When the screen opens, it's like opening a giant white feather fan. It swings from side to side and dances gracefully. The most ferocious and powerful albino animal is the white tiger, and the color of the white tiger is not the lack of pigment in its own body, but the white caused by genetic mutations.
As a result, its eyes are blue instead of the red that is common in albinos animals. The white tiger is almost no different from the tiger of ordinary coat color in terms of ferocity and strength.
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Compared with white aquatic invertebrates, there are fewer pure black invertebrates, and most species are echinoderms such as sea cucumbers, sea urchins, sea snake tails, etc. The black sea cucumber, which lives on the sandy seabed, is particularly adept at fracture propagation: first lifting its head, twisting it twice, then slowly pulling itself from the middle into two parts of the head and tail, and then growing completely separately.
The most common terrestrial black invertebrates are Coleoptera, especially fecal beetles, rhinoceros golden turtles, shovel beetles, swallow worms, powder beetles, walking beetles, walking beetles, celestial beetles, etc
。 The dung beetle, commonly known as the shell lang, is adept at rolling feces into balls with a shovel-like head and paddle-like tentacles and pushing it forward. For this reason, they are called "nature's scavengers".
In fact, dung beetles can not only bury their heads in "bowling", but also like to "look up at the stars". The latest research suggests that they can rely on stars for positioning, and after each successful navigation, they climb up the dung ball and perform a "directional dance."
Black insects include insects such as black dragonflies,
as well as some species of dragonflies, aphids, flies, stone moths and ants. Black-winged butterflies also have different patterns or spots on the surface of their wings, mainly including commander-in-chief green phoenix butterfly, broadband phoenix butterfly, green pink butterfly, black-eyed butterfly, black purple nymph butterfly, black-green butterfly, musk butterfly and other butterfly species.
Black spiders give people a ferocious feeling, such as black ant spiders that look like ants,
Pipe network spiders that look like cigars, pantropical jumping spiders with rectangular black back shells,
A pink-toed dancing spider with a charcoal black back shell and long hairs on its abdomen, the body and legs of the black zipper spider are mostly smooth black.
The largest and fiercest Spanish funnel spider living in Europe has a black satin color and a long elastic silk spinning apparatus.
There aren't many pure black fish, amphibians, and reptiles, but they're fascinating. For example, the black manta ray is also known as the wire feather electric eel, its eyes have long been degenerated, but the black manta ray can emit a special faint small current, the black manta ray has a very sensitive sense of smell, it can swim freely in the water.
Black Mamba is a member of the Cobra family. It is also the longest and most terrifying venomous snake in Africa, and one of the fastest moving and most venomous snakes in the world.
When it comes to blackbirds, the first thing that comes to mind is naturally "the crows of the world are as black as the crows." In fact, there are many species of black-colored crows, such as large-billed crows and small-billed crows, red-billed crows, bald crows, yellow-billed crows, and large crows.
Most people don't like crows. In fact, the feathers of crows are often full of metallic luster and have a unique charm; moreover, they are very intelligent birds. They know how to make and use tools. They can even fish with ropes in their mouths, throw walnuts on the road, and let cars crush food.
Pure black birds include the black lark, black ball crow, snow wren, wren, black capuchin, hairy capuchin and black antbird in songbirds; Among the swimming birds, black swans are covered with curly feathers.
They are elegant, generous and beautiful. They are no worse than white swans. The black herons among wading birds often spread their wings in shallow water, hiding their heads under their wings and not moving. They use the shadow of this unique "big umbrella" to attract fish to swim, making it easy to get food. This "shelter" also eliminates reflections from the surface of the water, making it easier to see prey in the clear water.
Some blackbirds also have some white feathers. For example, starlings have wide "eight" white spots, black pigeons have white shells on their wings, and ground hornbills have white feathers.
The white-spotted frigate bird has a large white dot on either side of its abdomen. The most gorgeous feather color is the silver pheasant, which is clear on the outside and elegant in behavior. Its entire lower body is black, its upper body and the long tail feathers behind its body are white, and its base is densely covered with tiny "V" shaped black lines. Particularly unique is the fact that the black lines on the tail feathers become smaller and smaller and gradually disappear, like skilled craftsmen carving on silver ingots.
Primates have the largest number of pure black mammals, black and white eyebrow monkeys, black howler monkeys, black-crowned monkey males, and close relatives of humans, silver-backed gorillas, bonobos, and chimpanzees. The male of the black gibbon is also black with a slightly towering crown hair on its head. Their two long, flexible arms allowed them to walk through the forest and trees as if they were walking on the ground. Their movements are flexible, natural, relaxed, and graceful, like a black elf.
In other populations, there are some black species such as wild boars, porcupines, black rats,
Bear beavers and fake killer whales in the ocean. There are many black bears, but only American black bears are black, and other species have a small number of white spots or stripes. For example, Asian black bears and sloth bears have white crescent-shaped stripes on their chests, Malay bears have horseshoe-shaped white spots on their chests, and spectacled bears generally have round white spots around their eyes, hence the name.
There are many more species of black mammals with small amounts of white spots, such as the Tasmanian devil, which has a mix of white stripes on its chest and buttocks.
The black and white tree kangaroo has white stripes on both sides of its nose and neck, which form a wide longitudinal stripe downward that extends to the lower part of the abdomen. It has a small white dot on its forehead that looks playful. The long-bearded marsupial has two long curved white whiskers around its mouth. The white-faced monk-faced monkey male monkey has a large, round white face. The black langur has a layer of white hair on each cheek.
The white-headed langur has an upright bundle of white hairs on its head and a white lower part of its tail. The black and white colobus monkey has a ring of white hair on its face and long white hair from its shoulders to its sides. Males with white-browed gibbons will have white "eyebrows". White-cheeked gibbon males have a white spot on each cheek.
The larger area of white patches are the Malay tapir, in which the middle and rear are white, forming a strong contrasting color with the other parts of the black, which can act as a camouflage in the jungle, especially in the shadow of the moonlit night.
Killer whales in the sea are painted black, have a saddle-shaped white dot on their back and a fusiform white dot behind their eyes, and most of their abdomen is snow-white. This large toothed whale is very fierce, so it is also known as the evil whale, killer whale, killer whale and killer whale.
Interestingly, there are also blackened animals in nature, such as blackened zebras. The massive deposition of melanin makes the white stripes on its back completely replaced by black, which, from a distance, resembles a "black horse". In addition, the common black panther is also a black breed of the jaguar, the largest cat on the American continent.
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Many fish, waterfowl and marine mammals have the characteristics of black back and white belly. It's an "anti-hiding" camouflage method that makes it difficult for animals on and underwater to find them.
On land, black and white animals are undoubtedly everyone's favorite pandas.
The latest research suggests that this simple, generous, unique, and cute hair color is an evolutionary compromise. Due to the limited calories and nutrients of bamboo, giant pandas cannot obtain sufficient nutrients from bamboo for the winter, so giant pandas must fully forage in the snow in winter and in the mountain forests in summer to eat enough bamboo. They can't adapt to the background color of different seasons with rapid hair changes, so they had to evolve an eclectic black and white protective color.
Giant pandas have their "dark circles" certainly not to make them look cute. In general, the marks on the heads of predators are usually not used for camouflage, but for communication between the same species, like the "spots" on the faces of giant pandas. In fact, these "dark circles" vary greatly in shape and size, which helps them identify themselves among their peers. Interestingly, black ears and dark circles can also be used to express hostility toward competitors and even expand "dark circles" when threatening competitors. When they want to become "gentle", they will cover the black "dark circles" with their claws.
The most peculiar black and white combination is the black and white stripe of the zebra. This stripe appears more or less in other animals, some of which are naturally named "zebra stripes".
For example, a zebra spider is a jumping spider that sneaks up on walls to catch insects and never falls. Male spiders also have a pair of huge mouths to control females during mating so that it does not harm itself.
Aedes albopictus can transmit Japanese encephalitis and dengue fever, and has black and white markings on its body and legs, so it is also called "black spotted mosquito" or "flower mosquito".
The three-banded black seabream and the water-jet fish are representative of the "zebra striped" fish.
However, even so, the beauty of these stripes cannot be compared to the stripes of zebras. The zebra's whole body is covered with black and white smooth stripes, elegant and generous, exquisite and beautiful, very beautiful, forming a neat and beautiful pattern. In addition to the common zebra, there are two special zebras. Zebras have finer stripes. The pattern on the smallest mountain zebra has a special shape, especially the upper end of the hip is different from other zebras. The number of stripes is small, with a thin horizontal line in the middle and a thick longitudinal line on both sides, forming a "grid pattern".
The development of zebra stripes is also interesting. In the early stages of female zebra pregnancy, a fixed striped form with the same spacing is "designed" in the embryo and gradually realized during embryonic development. All the streaks appear in the fifth week of embryonic development, that is, after the appearance of the tail. The pinstripes near the nostrils are determined first at this time, that is, before the nose expands; the broad stripes of the neck are first determined in the 7th week of embryonic development, that is, before the neck is elongated; the broadest stripes on the buttocks are proportional to the rest of the body. Horizontal stripes on the limbs may be formed by mechanical rotation angles during the embryonic development of the legs.
Zebra stripes are one of the main signs of mutual recognition between the same species. They are also an important means of defense, acting as a protective color to ensure their survival. First, in open grasslands and desert areas, this black-and-white stripe seems to blur or distract its body contours in sunlight or moonlight. Second, zebras are social animals. Even if their body colors don't blend into their surroundings, when they mix with each other, these stripes make it almost completely indistinguishable for predators to distinguish each individual. When entire racial groups begin to run wildly, predators are generally unable to distinguish between certain parts of the body. At this point, only isolated individuals are at risk. In addition, the zebra's own stripes can also distract the weakened flies by the action of "polarized light", which has become a special defense method for them to prevent being bitten.