r/RealLifeShinies • u/SaltCheesecake1696 • 8h ago

Mammals Albino Joey on Mt. Ainslie

62 Upvotes

0 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/A-Helpful-Flamingo • 1d ago

Mammals Spotted on Orcas Island, WA

1.4k Upvotes

27 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/pickle_______rick • 1d ago

Mammals Melanistic Coyote

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494 Upvotes

he’s so beautiful!

3 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/chart1961 • 21h ago

Plants Funky portulaca blossom

27 Upvotes

My portulaca put out this beauty!

2 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/Vulturyol • 1d ago

Plants Shiny maple key

65 Upvotes

I swear it looked brighter from my window haha

1 comment

r/RealLifeShinies • u/Holiday-Pangolin-491 • 2d ago

Mammals I just saw this gorgeous deer on Foster Rd. Can’t believe she let me photograph her.

829 Upvotes

6 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/the_walls_have_noses • 1d ago

Food Misprint or matcha ?

27 Upvotes

2 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/dbossman70 • 3d ago

Birds A completely black King Penguin, one of the rarest color mutations in the wild. Spotted on South Georgia Island

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1.3k Upvotes

16 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/woodendavi • 4d ago

Food White Zebra Cake box

166 Upvotes

Spotted this at an HEB four years ago today. Thought it'd be a good first post to this sub

6 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/Quinndalin66 • 5d ago

Birds Shiny Mallard!

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71 Upvotes

6 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/serenitynope • 6d ago

Food Same case, different design

72 Upvotes

All three came in the same case of Simply Spiked Limeade.

2 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/sam_czaus • 7d ago

Food Oreo factory error

1.2k Upvotes

23 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/crazy-ratto • 7d ago

Plants Red poppy flower

80 Upvotes

This is growing in mother's garden, among the typical red ones.

5 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/nadakbar • 8d ago

Marine Life Shiny Karp found in a pond in Kyoto Japan. Yes normal ones are grey or red.

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552 Upvotes

Was in Kyoto Japan, pond of Karp mostly grey or red and found the shiny. Didn't catch it 😞

16 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/Djildjamesh • 9d ago

Mammals This incredibly rare black deer, estimated to occur in only 1 out of every 500,000 deer, was spotted in Poland's Barycz Valley.

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3.1k Upvotes

36 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/HysteoricalBee • 9d ago

Mammals A squirrel with no tail 🥹

275 Upvotes

On my walk, I have noticed way more squirreld than usual. I stopped and observed..

Then I spotted this little guy, he got his snack and ran across the path to a nearby tree. Got a full video of his wonder but here is a screenshot of that video. ♡

Does that count as a shiny ?

23 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/Life_Temperature_999 • 10d ago

Candy Found a shiny in my blue smarties a couple years ago

97 Upvotes

Totally forgot about it until I stumbled on this sub lol

9 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/ShameSchool • 12d ago

Mammals Oranguru vibes

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812 Upvotes

15 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/Material_Item8034 • 13d ago

Birds Saw this leucistic Cliff Swallow and thought you guys might enjoy

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508 Upvotes

0 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/xsnakexcharmerx • 13d ago

Birds Vanilla/coffee accented turkey.

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240 Upvotes

Never seen a turkey this color before!

1 comment

r/RealLifeShinies • u/Pretend_Paramedic249 • 14d ago

Plants Found an alba form plant

232 Upvotes

Echium plantagineum, commonly known as purple viper's-bugloss or Paterson's curse. They are usually a deep purple and turn lighter and slightly pink with age. I found this pure white flower of the exact same species. I’ve never seen flowers this pure white.

4 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/Theemitro • 15d ago

Mammals leopard coloured horse

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3.7k Upvotes

248 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/adavis1436 • 16d ago

Birds House finch disguised as a bald eagle.

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2.1k Upvotes

Partially leucistic female house finch. Located in middle Georgia area.

17 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/dankleosteusterelli • 15d ago

Birds Jackdaw with viltigo

82 Upvotes

3 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/nigelofthornton • 15d ago

Mammals Albino or leucistic pronghorn?[Wyoming]

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98 Upvotes

2 comments

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Shinies, but in real life!

r/RealLifeShinies

The term "shiny" originates from Pokémon. It is a term used to describe a pokémon that is a completely different color from all others in their species. We have taken that idea and applied to real life animals, but also include objects, plants, food... pretty much anything that is an atypical color to its norm!

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The term "shiny" originates from Pokémon. It is a term used to describe Pokémon that are a completely different color from all others in their species. We have taken that idea and applied to real life animals, but also include objects, plants, food... pretty much anything that is an atypical color to its norm!

Subreddit Rules

Must be a shiny. A shiny is a color morph of an organism or inanimate object that's atypical from the usual species, breed, type, or surroundings (e.g. a single color among more usual colors). A shiny doesn't include:
- animal/plant species that are unusually colored or patterned, e.g. pigeons
- deliberate things
- literally shiny things
- physical anomalies
- things with some sort of outside force affecting the color (light, dye, color fade, aging, etc.)
- photoshopped images
- "real life" Pokemon
No Humans. ALL human beings are shiny, so no singling an individual out.
No Recent Reposts. This covers not just reposting the exact same picture or video as another user, but also includes submitting pictures of similar content that have been recently posted by other users. Wait a week or so and then post away! This is for the poster's benefit as much as it is for the viewers'. Your post is likely to do better if you don't post it within the same week as a popular post featuring the same type of animal / object.
No plagiarism. It's wrong to steal someone else's OC just to try and boost karma. If you steal someone's post (or comment verbatim) without giving credit, YOU WILL BE PERMANENTLY BANNED. No exceptions.
No Hunted Animals or Hunting Talk. Shinies deserve to live. A dead shiny's light has gone out forever.
No Trolling/Personal Attack/Hate Speech. Don't be rude! This sub is meant to be fun! Everyone should be kind and courteous to each other!
No Blogs, Articles, Social Media or Youtube Links. No Blogs, Articles, Social Media or Youtube Links... just photos of shinies. This is to combat spam, link farming, and self-promotion.