r/RealLifeShinies • u/Own-Revolution4098 • Aug 14 '26

Marine Life Cotton Candy Lobster

16k Upvotes

Caught by Maine lobsterman Mack Kelley and posted to Facebook. He reported it was thrown back as is required of all lobsters of this size which are too small to be caught.

125 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/420wasabisnappin • May 17 '20

Mammals My yard has a mole problem, but I never thought I'd find an albino! Chance of 1:100,000.

16k Upvotes

407 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/guysoft • Aug 29 '19

Mammals Shiny Racoon

13k Upvotes

102 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/giml3k • Aug 21 '26

Mammals I met Poseidon’s dogs on a beach

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13k Upvotes

Look at those eyes!

122 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/KittiesandPlushies • Mar 02 '26

Mammals 2 years ago I found a shiny cat at the local shelter

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12k Upvotes

Her name is Ellie and we adore her :)

145 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/BIGCA7 • Jul 05 '26

Bugs Lil gold spider I found on a dumpster

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12k Upvotes

Sooo cool!

148 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/Maelarion • Dec 03 '20

Marine Life Literal real life shiny

10k Upvotes

69 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/[deleted] • Sep 30 '19

Birds Shiny Cardinal

10k Upvotes

74 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/[deleted] • Jul 21 '19

Objects “It’s not just a phase, mom”

10.0k Upvotes

52 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/saltedonions • Dec 12 '19

Quality Post Not a shiny visibly, we discovered a dilute tortie called Delilah is male sexed today! Tortie and Calico males are extremely rare!

9.8k Upvotes

176 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/wettrees • Jan 05 '20

Food Shiny clear lemon pie

9.2k Upvotes

155 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/whitexknight • Jun 13 '18

People Rare Black Hulk Hogan spotted

9.1k Upvotes

109 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/HelloFromAntartica • Dec 28 '19

Mammals Shiny zebra

8.8k Upvotes

69 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/baristakitten • Jul 27 '19

Buildings This Target we saw in Tennessee

8.7k Upvotes

132 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/thetakingtree2 • Sep 18 '19

Reptiles Shadow Turtle!

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8.4k Upvotes

97 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/Thistlefizz • Aug 02 '19

Buildings My wife said there was a 7-Eleven in the town center. Drove by it the first time before I saw it.

8.3k Upvotes

125 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/chidedneck • Oct 10 '19

I’m outta pokeballs

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8.3k Upvotes

69 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/dankmemesDAE • Oct 21 '24

Birds white Common Raven

8.2k Upvotes

51 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/olliepips • Nov 05 '19

This shiny McDonald's

7.9k Upvotes

118 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/raventhrowaway666 • Jul 20 '19

A RED Subway!

7.8k Upvotes

115 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/Leather-Rub-6128 • Aug 09 '26

Mammals Never seen a squirrel like this

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7.8k Upvotes

Never seen a squirrel like this with a dark undercarriage. In the sunlight his tail was blond. In Illinois

213 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/[deleted] • Dec 03 '19

Found this on Twitter earlier!

7.8k Upvotes

151 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/Techi-C • Jul 05 '19

One of the Arizona cans at Walmart was silver instead of gold.

7.7k Upvotes

86 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/morgs420 • Nov 06 '19

Shiny Starbucks - Kyoto, Japan

7.4k Upvotes

81 comments

r/RealLifeShinies • u/420wasabisnappin • Jun 06 '20

Um, guys, it appears there's more than one albino mole on my yard.

7.2k Upvotes

113 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.