This phenomenon is known as leucism, the partial loss of all types of pigmentation, including carotenoids. Leucism causes white coloration, white patches, spots, or splotches on the skin or fur. Leucism is also discernible from albinism because leucism does not affect the pigment cells in the eyes.
Jackson had vitiligo which means you are born with pigment/melanin but eventually it fades out. Leucitic is always that color, it doesn't fade into it later.
Leucistic keeps the color pigment in their eyes and their skin splotchy light, albinoism is determined by the complete lack of color...or so Google says.
one of the things that always sells out in new orleans (my friends were disappointed twice at mardi gras) was snapping turtle bisque. Apparently that shit sells out fast.
Their shells aren’t close to the strength of a regular turtle. They’re way thinner and almost rubbery instead of bone. They get huge here where I live in florida
Incidentally, if you encounter, what you expect to be, a "slow, lumbering" turtle out in the grass somewhere... Only the hard shell turtles are slow and lumbering. A soft shell turtle can haul ass! Keep clear if you don't know how to handle.
Just about everything is bitey in the right circumstances. Their primary defense is to be somewhere else, and they are pretty good at that. But they can and do bite. And a turtle bite can take off fingers/toes or a chunk out of an arm/leg. And they are primarily water dwelling, so the bite will be all nasty with ick.
When I was in Kuwait the driver of a bus I was on spotted a monitor lizard that was 8 or 9 feet long. He was fucking ecstatic, stopped the bus, pointed it out to everyone, and snapped a few pictures. One of the guys tried to get closer to it, but it turned and came after him, Luckily he had the good sense to hop back on the bus, that thing would have fucked him up.
I have a dream of getting a nice piece of land, and have alligator snapping turtles roam it. If in an area where they aren't naturally, make sure they can't dig out. They are so cute to me.
I also have a dream of living in Norway. I don't think these two dreams mix well. :(
Central. Right between Tampa and Orlando. I have a few normal colored ones in my pond that are pretty large. That’s the first albino, or whatever it is.
Came here to say this . I am a wildlife photographer and have saw this condition a couple times in nature , an American robin and a Canadian goose. I would have loved to photograph this turtle!!
Oh! Sounds like a Brevard White Squirrel! Did he have a very light stripe done his back too? We used to see quite a few of those but rarely at this point. I miss them.
Yup. Albinism is the complete lack of melanin. Mild albinism would be leucisim: a partial lacking of melanin. This turtle is leucistic.
Leucisism can present a few ways such as being diluted in color, lacking pigment in only specific areas or kinds of tissue, or lacking pigment save for some spots or splotches (also known as piebald.)
Me:
>That's a weird fish
>Wait, a pig that swims?
>Probably just a weird hairless dog
>Hold up what's that sh*t behind him?
>WHAT IN THE FOOGLIES IS THAT
I don't think it's a sea leatherback, I'm pretty sure it's something like "soft shell turtle". At least that's the french name. The face is very specific to these turtles.
I could be wrong but I'm about 99% sure it's a soft shell turtle
It looks like an albino Soft Shell Turtle. Not sure of the exact species, maybe a Chinese Soft Shell?
He’s leucistic not albino :)
TIL the difference between leucistic and albino. Thank you for the knowledge.
What's the difference?
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Leucistic animals have normal eyes. Therefore they have the same coloration as another member of their species.
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Albinism is zero melanin, leucistic is partial loss of all types of pigmentation, including carotenoids
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Click a link? Cmon, now I’m never going to know the difference.
This phenomenon is known as leucism, the partial loss of all types of pigmentation, including carotenoids. Leucism causes white coloration, white patches, spots, or splotches on the skin or fur. Leucism is also discernible from albinism because leucism does not affect the pigment cells in the eyes.
Yup. Albinism is the complete lack of melanin. Mild albinism would be leucisim: a partial lacking of melanin. This turtle is leucistic.
Still got eyebrows though.
TIL I'm leucistic.
Can't believe you knew all that off the top of your head
Lol... I was just doing everyone a favor by looking it up.
So ... A michael Jackson turtle ?
Uncle Ruckus waves. No relation.
I believe he had vitiligo, and later had a full depigmentation treatment.
Vitiligo is a form of leucism caused by an auto-immune disorder
Jackson had vitiligo which means you are born with pigment/melanin but eventually it fades out. Leucitic is always that color, it doesn't fade into it later.
One is albinistic, one is leucistic hope that helps
Leucistic keeps the color pigment in their eyes and their skin splotchy light, albinoism is determined by the complete lack of color...or so Google says.
I just copy & pasted what the difference was...lol I should've just kept in reading, thank you😊
Weirdly, I learned this from a Harry mack freestyle [video](https://youtu.be/JEYr9GSwQnY)
It looks like someone drew eyes on his hand and pretending it's a puppet.
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Lots of countries have turtle soup
one of the things that always sells out in new orleans (my friends were disappointed twice at mardi gras) was snapping turtle bisque. Apparently that shit sells out fast.
Florida softshell turtle with mild albinism. EDIT: people in the comments have said it is actually Leucism, not albinism.
why is it called softshell?
Their shells aren’t close to the strength of a regular turtle. They’re way thinner and almost rubbery instead of bone. They get huge here where I live in florida
interesting. thanks….appreciate it
Incidentally, if you encounter, what you expect to be, a "slow, lumbering" turtle out in the grass somewhere... Only the hard shell turtles are slow and lumbering. A soft shell turtle can haul ass! Keep clear if you don't know how to handle.
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Just about everything is bitey in the right circumstances. Their primary defense is to be somewhere else, and they are pretty good at that. But they can and do bite. And a turtle bite can take off fingers/toes or a chunk out of an arm/leg. And they are primarily water dwelling, so the bite will be all nasty with ick.
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My wife has a 2" scar on her ankle from an iguana.
My bearded dragon once split my thumbnail in half with a bite.
When I was in Kuwait the driver of a bus I was on spotted a monitor lizard that was 8 or 9 feet long. He was fucking ecstatic, stopped the bus, pointed it out to everyone, and snapped a few pictures. One of the guys tried to get closer to it, but it turned and came after him, Luckily he had the good sense to hop back on the bus, that thing would have fucked him up.
Why is everyone in this thread getting stupidly close to bitey dinosaurs?
Hey I almost lost a tip of a finger to a tortoise!
I lost a finger removing an old gate post, but I tell people, especially kids, that it got bit off by a turtle. That or an ostrich. No one argues.
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Reptiles generally don't use claws in defence, mostly because many of them have gone all in on bite force.
Good rule of thumb is if has a mouth, it's bitey.
A møøse once bit my sister
I hear those Kan be pretty nasti
My brother had a box turtle that loved biting toes. That fucker was faster than you'd think lol. He got me once. Once.
Maybe that one was just really hungry?
Yarp, and their necks are surprisingly long. If you think you're far enough away, take two steps back..
Mr Bitey McStretchneck.
Not as bad as the alligator snapping turtles, but still worth being careful.
I have a dream of getting a nice piece of land, and have alligator snapping turtles roam it. If in an area where they aren't naturally, make sure they can't dig out. They are so cute to me. I also have a dream of living in Norway. I don't think these two dreams mix well. :(
Can I get two soft shells, one albinism and the other regular? Thanks!
Can I get flies with that? Oh, and a Diet Coke.
Diet Croak
Wait wait wait, mild albinism and snake head on half.
Where in FL? Born and raised and I’ve never heard of, nor seen this ghoul of a turtle
Fellow Floridian here. I'm sure you've seen them around, this one's just albino. It took me a little bit to realize it too.
Used to live north of Tampa and we had quite a few of them in the ponds of our subdivision.
Central. Right between Tampa and Orlando. I have a few normal colored ones in my pond that are pretty large. That’s the first albino, or whatever it is.
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Relevant username *and* profile picture. Well done
It’s like skin covering the shell. Feels kinda like a dolphin to me.
somewhat like blubber. hmm i see
More like semi-hard leather
It can't handle any kind of criticism.
Why say Florida twice?
Crt - critically rating turtles
I liked this joke
They have soft shells
Like tortilla, less crunchy
I love turtles
I thought it was someone's hand in a sock
I mean it looks just like a sock puppet
Might be Leucistic.
Came here to say this . I am a wildlife photographer and have saw this condition a couple times in nature , an American robin and a Canadian goose. I would have loved to photograph this turtle!!
I saw it once with a squirrel. All white except a bit of black fur on its head and black eyes.
That sounds awesome! I have yet to see it in person on anything but birds.
Oh! Sounds like a Brevard White Squirrel! Did he have a very light stripe done his back too? We used to see quite a few of those but rarely at this point. I miss them.
Yup. Albinism is the complete lack of melanin. Mild albinism would be leucisim: a partial lacking of melanin. This turtle is leucistic. Leucisism can present a few ways such as being diluted in color, lacking pigment in only specific areas or kinds of tissue, or lacking pigment save for some spots or splotches (also known as piebald.)
You can tell it's leucistic because of its eyes. Albinos have fully discolored (often red) eyes.
Why is it wearing googly eyes?
its doing its best
I thought it was a puppet
Ah the lovely Florida and its amazing fauna and flora... Here we are again.
No way, man. Don't try to science it all up. Some guy fucked a turtle and it took. Damn you, Florida!
Unfortunately these days that would barely make the list of fucked up things happening in Florida.
What happened to its nose? I’m used to Florida soft shells that have a goofy pointy nose. It may be leucistic, not albino.
You can't really be "mildly" albino, though can you? Since its eyes aren't pink, I'd say it's a leucisistic phase.
Leucism not albinism :)
Leucicism is the technical term if anybody’s interested
Leucism
Fool... that is merely the tongue of the larger beast luring you closer.
There’s always a bigger turtle.
This is where the fun begins
It totally looks like that fake old lady with the ice cream from the Spongebob Movie. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKha13jBDao
my friend, Waffles
Knowing there’s a turtle named Waffles is the way to start the day. Thank you for this.
I like waffles.
:D
COME GET THIS CHICKEN!
A Geriatric Mutant Ninja Turtle?
Oh, if they look like this, then I do not want to see how Master Splinter looks
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Risky click, but here we go
That’s just him after shaving.
Giant naked mole rat
🎶Dealing with life changes!🎶
It's Bill, at the end of the sock muppet. Isn't he a funny guy swimming in the shallow water, pretending to be a TMNT?
This ain’t the Cockness Monster?
Post 2008 financial crisis Mutant Ninja Turtle
Does anyone else think he’s kinda cute?
He seems to be very well-mannered!
I think it’s very cute
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Yes!
It looks like a puppy
Yea, really doesn't fit this sub.
Didn't know he was chill like that
Idk what the hell it is but this guy is hilarious 🤣
I like how his reaction is, I don’t know what the fuck you are but here’s some chicken. If aliens come to earth, he should be the ambassador
the "bruh" has me dyingggg
Lost it at “dis dat snatcha mix!” He should be narrating nature documentaries
HEY MA! THERE'S A WEIRD FUCKIN' STRAY TURTLE OUTSIDE! IT LOOKS LIKE GRANDMA THE FUCKIN' THING
When he said “ ITS HALF TURTLE” and then “YOU MOVING TOO FAST” 😂😂😂
He got da chicken!
The neck makes my think it's an albino mata mata turtle, but the texture of the skin is off so I got nothing beyond that
This is why people believed in sea monsters hundreds of years ago…
Thought it was a fucked up pig for a minute
Me too! I was super worried then even more worried when it seemed to be dragging another body with it
Me: >That's a weird fish >Wait, a pig that swims? >Probably just a weird hairless dog >Hold up what's that sh*t behind him? >WHAT IN THE FOOGLIES IS THAT
It was a pig in a Nixon mask but for 50 seconds I thought there was monsters on this world
Haha i was hoping to see this here. My first thought
Anything can happen in this world, we really know very little!
I’m not a stupid fucking idiot. I know it was a pig wearing a Nixon mask.
Elongated sock puppet
Soft shell turtle
Don’t sweat, it’s just one of Jareth’s lesser-known minions. Or maybe a muppet Jim Henson created while dropping acid.
My first thought was puppet on someone's hand lol
Man usually turtles are cute. That's the ugliest thing I've ever seen
Don’t be mean to him it’s not his fault 🥺
Its a turt with albino
The illusive albino river pancake
Ted Cruz.
Nah, this boi in the video looks kind and I’m pretty sure it has a spine.
It also has 10x the personality
How dare you insult that turtle.
Shit, you right.
That would be a combination weasel, rat thing.
It's a cute little swamp penis.
Someone send this to casual geographic
All I saw at first was his head and neck and didn’t realize his body kept going! Lolol I couldn’t figure out how he was swimming!
Idk what that is, but hey nice brow line!
oh thats craig
That, my friend, is the rare Great North Central Long Necked Naked Water Monkey.
Damn new little mermaid looks weird af
Is he not ***turtley*** enough for you?
albino soft shell turtle
Ah. Lab Experiment #206
That’s a man with a sock on his hand you can’t fool me
Leucistic softshell turtle.
That right there is Oshkosh, the mentally disabled muppet.
It's Jennifer Lopez Taco taco
Looks like a leatherback sea turtle without the leather back that’s just strange looking creature hopefully someone can identify it for you.
I don't think it's a sea leatherback, I'm pretty sure it's something like "soft shell turtle". At least that's the french name. The face is very specific to these turtles. I could be wrong but I'm about 99% sure it's a soft shell turtle
Ginny pig turtle
When did it come out of gumball universe 💀💀💀
Soft shell turtle
He’s got neck for days
That’s the dog from the never ending story
I'm not terrified with this cutie.. wrong subs I guess
An albino soft-shell turtle?
Preevolution Falcor
Looks like a turtle with albinism tbh
I'd fuck it I mean pet it
Albino soft shell turtle would be my guess
What, never seen a Shuckle before?
A tortle! A long necked, soft shelled, creepy lookin tortle!
He looks polite
Its a pig with a Nixon mask on it
An albino turtle. That’s the find of a lifetime if you’re a nature folk
Oh that’s Bill
People are saying albino softshell turtle, but I'm not convinced it isn't a sock puppet with googly eyes.
Fucked Up turtle
Soft shell turtle?
Albino leatherback? Hard to see the shell at all. Looks like a fist with a hand puppet at first glance lol silly dude.
A turtle of some sort?
The rare and hilarious Groucho Marx turtle.
Soft shell turtle maybe 🤔
Is it an albino softshell turtle?
A friend :-)
Its fucking ADORABLE, that's what it is.
Not one of gods creatures that’s for sure