We’ve all been to zoos or aquariums and marveled at some of the colorful creatures. To make it easy for your enjoyment, I’m showcasing some of the more unusual ones.
BUT to make it interesting, I’m going to also include some Fake ones. Your job is to identify which ones are Fakes in the Comments section.
To help you out, I’ll let you know there are six (6) Fakes. But NO FAIR Googling to find out! After all, there are no Prizes
BONUS POINTS
There’s a technically untrue description in at least one of the titles. It’s really pretty picayune, but interesting. Can you identify it?
Albino Peacock
Half-Albino Peacock
Leafy Sea Dragon
Lilac-Breasted Roller
Black Rooster
Bluebonnet Rattlesnake
Cobalt Blue Tarantula
Halloween Crab
Sunset Moth
Indian Bullfrog
Albino Snow Snake
Mandarin Fish
Pink Orchid Mantis
Trunk Fish
Rainbow Pigeon
Pink Katydid
Dragon-winged Gecko
Pink Polish Pigeon
Rainbow Cricket
Rainbow Snail
Rainbow Owl
Red Velvet Ant
Regal Ring-necked Snake
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Nameless, a lit of them seem pretty far fetched, bit I'm picking the Albino Snow Snake. Snakes are cold blooded, and therefore, could not be active in snow.
Posted to Care2 @ http://www.care2.com/news/member/101612212/3946018
I would believe in most of them The half-albino peacock, for instance, would be like Venus, the chimera cat. I have less faith in the bluebonnet rattlesnake; survival could favor blue, but I don't think that bright a blue – it would be more like the blue on the tarantula, which I think might exist in blue tree frog territory. I don't believe the Halloween crab or the rainbow snail. I think TC is right about the albino snow snake. There looks to be no reason for the pink katydid. There, I've picked five (bolded), so even if I'm right on all of them (unlikely), I've missed one. The untrue description – the only one I cam think of would be the leafy sea dragon – it couldn't be both animal and vegetable, so either "leafy" or "dragon" must be false. Yes, I know there are borderline animal/vegetable creatures, but they are not this complex, more like algae. Are you going to grade us?
What Fun!!
I'm going with the Bluebonnet Rattlesnake, Albino Snow Snake, Trunk Fish, Dragon Winged Gecko, Rainbow Owl, and the Pink Katydid.
Probably all wrong, but I do know there is no Bluebonnet Rattlesnakes.
Really enjoy this, and the pictures are really nice too.
Thanks, Nameless and Joanne.
If there were Prizes, it looks like you'd win. You got 5 out of the 6 correct.
Thanks for cross-posting Joanne-today is a break between storms so I was able to do a little cleanup of debris.
Bluebonnet Rattlesnake (I'm in rattler country so think I know), Pink Katydid, Trunk Fish, Rainbow Snail, Rainbow Cricket…can't decide on #6.
Thanks for rising to the occasion with this wonderful post Nameless.
A few I know for sure are real, the rest are maybes. here goes.
The fakes: Bluebonnet Rattlesnake, Indian Bullfrog, Albino Snow Snake, Trunk Fish, Rainbow Owl and Black Rooster.
Hope you are going to publish a list of the answers 🙂
Answers coming first thing in the morning
Even for the Bonus Points
Wonderful, thank you!
I think the Half albino peacock, the Leafy Sea Dragon, the Bluebonnet rattlesnake, the Trunk fish, the rainbow snail, and the Dragon wing gecko are false. I will be interested in the follow up. Thanks for this one, I love animal pics.
ANSWERS
The fakes are …
Rainbow Owl
Bluebonnet Rattlesnake
Albino Snow Snake (Everyone who picked it because snakes don't come out in the cold, give yourselves a pat on the back)
Trunk Fish
Dragon-winged Gecko
Rainbow Snail
The Bonus Points picayune part is that the “Albino” Peacocks (and yes, there are two-toned, half-and-half peacocks) really are not albino. They’re leucistic peafowls.
Leucism is a partial loss of pigmentation resulting in white, pale, or patchy coloration of the skin, hair, feathers, scales or cuticle, but not the eyes. Unlike albinism, it is caused by a reduction in multiple types of pigment, not just melanin.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucism
If you note, the peacocks do NOT have the red eyes you see in albinos.
And the reason albinos, in general, have red eyes is because the iris lacks pigment, so you can see the blood vessels of the retina inside the eye.
Most of the critters came from here:
http://shareably.net/unusually-colorful-animals/
After posting, I suspected I might have missed the albinism thing. At one time I did know that white peafowl aren't albino. Oh well. BTW, Venus is here (and about half a gazillion other places on the internet). She is either partly her own fraternal twin or just an unusual calico "mosaic." I do't suppose there is any way to be 100% certain without taking a DNA sample – and maybe not even then.
half albino peacock, rainbow owl, black rooster, bluebonnet rattlesnake, pink orchid mantis, and rainbow cricket.
Welcome Nita!
I think you got it.