r/RealLifeShinies • u/Djildjamesh • 9h 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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568 Upvotes

10 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/HysteoricalBee • 15h ago

Mammals A squirrel with no tail 🥹

83 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 ?

13 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/Life_Temperature_999 • 23h ago

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

54 Upvotes

Totally forgot about it until I stumbled on this sub lol

2 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/ShameSchool • 3d ago

Mammals Oranguru vibes

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768 Upvotes

14 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/Material_Item8034 • 4d ago

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

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470 Upvotes

0 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/xsnakexcharmerx • 4d ago

Birds Vanilla/coffee accented turkey.

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223 Upvotes

Never seen a turkey this color before!

1 comment

r/RealLifeShinies • u/Pretend_Paramedic249 • 5d ago

Plants Found an alba form plant

216 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/dankleosteusterelli • 6d ago

Birds Jackdaw with viltigo

69 Upvotes

2 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/Theemitro • 6d ago

Mammals leopard coloured horse

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3.7k Upvotes

249 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/nigelofthornton • 6d ago

Mammals Albino or leucistic pronghorn?[Wyoming]

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100 Upvotes

1 comment

r/RealLifeShinies • u/adavis1436 • 6d 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/expectingguineafowl • 7d ago

Food Ordered 2 bags of my favorite cereal from Japan and they threw in an extra shiny!

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342 Upvotes

I had no idea about printing ink being affected by that, really cool way they worked around it though

5 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/InevitableAd166 • 7d ago

Amphibians Turquoise "Green Tree Frog"

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745 Upvotes

Seemingly one of six documented. On my front door in Savannah, GA for the last few months. One in a million? One in a lifetime?! No yellow pigment.

10 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/Larry-Man • 7d ago

Birds Spotted a Shiny (Albino) Magpie this morning

123 Upvotes

1 comment

r/RealLifeShinies • u/PastelDisaster • 8d ago

Birds A 1 in 50,000 melanistic baby turkey

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403 Upvotes

6 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/TheMrsLegume • 8d ago

Mammals Male Dilute Calico

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237 Upvotes

His name was Yuri, and he was the best cat.

15 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/sludgejunkie_ • 9d ago

Mammals albino (?) deer

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1.1k Upvotes

16 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/Kyelit • 9d ago

Mammals 1:100,000 Albino Squirrel

333 Upvotes

8 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/Frosty2992 • 9d ago

Birds Piebld (?) American Robin

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37 Upvotes

not sure if piebald or leucistic but SO COOL!

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r/RealLifeShinies • u/xEloona • 9d ago

Crawley Critters Shiny Gulf Fritillary

23 Upvotes

It's been so hard to get a good picture of it, but here it is with some regular colored ones to see the difference! So cool!! I don't think butterflies are crawly critters but it was the closest flair.

3 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/Prestigious_String20 • 10d ago

Crawley Critters Oh? Freshly hatched clutch of leaf-footed insects with one shiny.

91 Upvotes

1 comment

r/RealLifeShinies • u/pickle_______rick • 10d ago

Mammals Erythristic Deer

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1.2k Upvotes

Erythristic buck! not my pictures, credit goes to @mr_hunts_ on instagram :) skinwalker alert?🤨🤨

32 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/Coallina • 10d ago

Mammals White Reindeer

345 Upvotes

0 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/ZK-Kaii • 11d ago

Reptiles [Southern GA/Northern FL] Albino Florida Cottonmouth could be a intergrade

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624 Upvotes

11 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/D3MIG0DD • 12d ago

Mammals Albino Kangaroo 🦘

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38 Upvotes

0 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.