Rare yellow penguin photographed for the first time ever! Wildlife photographer Yves Adams spotted the unusual bird on a remote island in South Georgia near Antarctica, in a colony of 120,000 king penguins. The odds of ever seeing an individual like this are one in a million
Rare Yellow King Penguin Photographed for the First Time.
In December 2019, photographer Yves Adams embarked on a two-month photography expedition in South Georgia, where he spotted a strange looking penguin.
Of the many genetic quirks that can cause abnormal colors, the most well-known is albinism, the inability to synthesize any melanin. Albino birds usually have an all-white appearance, with pink eyes, beak, skin, and feet. But Allison Schultz, curator of ornithology at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, doesn't think the penguin spotted by Adams is albino.
Usually, a bird’s yellow, orange, and red plumage is produced by carotenoids, explains Schultz. But penguins have their own unique pigment called spheniscin, so they could lack all melanin and still retain their sunny hues. Schultz doesn't think that's what going on here, though. She points to color in the bird's eyes and light rufous tones on some feathers as evidence of melanin. Instead, she thinks the bird has leucism. “Albino means that all melanin production is gone, whereas leucism means that there is still some melanin production,” she says.
maybe a little bit generic of me, but i adore the dream land four!
magolor and bandee are tied for tippy top favourite, but this whole group just mean everything to me and i am extremely normal about them. after these guys it's probably a very close galacta knight and marx!
king dedede was actually my first ever played exposure to the franchise (through smash multiplayer at a party where i picked him due to Bird) and marx was my first 'character i recognised + played + was obsessed with outside the mains' in star allies so i still consider him my original Little Freak (affectionate)
Hey-ho! I'm back again with some Apex Polarity art, but this time it's some designs for the humans' snow gear!
It started out with me just trying to figure out a design for y/n in my little comic, but then I thought it would be fun to also try and visualize the other humans, so here's my take of y/n, Vanessa and Michael! I really like how they turned out, although I don't think I got Vanessa's "patchwork" look quite right, but I still like where I landed. I added a blue scarf and I was really tempted to give her those red goggles, since it would've made her resemble Vanny even more, but in the end I desided against it.
So yeah- nothing too big this time, just something fun and easy!
But to round this off, I will of course credit the wonderful author @naffeclipse who is writing Apex Polarity, which you can go read if you click right here (can 100% recommend, especially if you like stories with a bunch of fluff, mystery and drama~!) and today I give credit to myself for the designs of the humans! ;P
The entire point of the tournament is taking the good games and making them almost unplayable.
Buildmart : it is twice as long but it’s the og map (shopping cart place?) and you have to walk everywhere.
Meltdown : the map immediately starts melting down as soon as the round starts. The only warning the players get is they get told “run”
Survival games : it plays as normal but only after it ends do they find out it’s golf rules (so last place wins) oh and the ground is made of soul sand
Battle box : no weapons only fists and pots
Parkour tag : the entire map looks the same but the ground has random patches of soul sand and ice.
dodge bolt : same but the arena is underwater. Plus everyone has depth strider boots.
Ace race : new map but the arrows actively lie to you. Also philzas face is absolutely everywhere
Please feel free to add I’m having the most fun with this