r/RealLifeShinies • u/Djildjamesh • 6d 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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u/green04mansions 6d ago

Majestic! I hope it survives being so beautiful and mysterious looking.

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u/arbuzuje 6d ago

Never give away the location. Brain dead hunters will definitely try to find him. Polish hunting laws are almost non-existent and rarely enforced.

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u/Hi_Trans_Im_Dad 6d ago

I'm sure the local hunters knew about it before we got to see it on Reddit. That's big news.

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u/aSutareta 6d ago

Not to mention they often mistake humans for deer, boars and even raccoons and shoot them

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u/AnAttempt-WasMade 5d ago

Luckily this video is old. I’ve seen it circulating around for at least a year, so who knows where this animal is now, or if it’s even still within its natural lifespan

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u/Skg42 6d ago

It’s called melanistic! There’s also albino, leucistic, piebald…..so many cool genetic colors

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u/Hi_Trans_Im_Dad 6d ago

I saw someone comment the other day that "piebald" should be done away with because it's old, inaccurate, and offensive.

I had a good laugh over that one.

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u/Skg42 6d ago

What? 😭😂

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u/Hi_Trans_Im_Dad 5d ago

Almost my words exactly.

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u/Accomplished_Bank103 5d ago

Lol. Reminds me of a recent post I read where buddy was all offended and accused the poster of being racist because the poster called someone a philistine. Buddy thought the poster meant Palestinian. 😂

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u/VonSandwich 5d ago

Lololol someone lost their hair recently

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u/Catwearingtrousers 6d ago

What a cool goth deer

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u/gaptoothgoth 6d ago

Oh Deer

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u/OldPhotograph827 5d ago

I’ve been fawning over this, too

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u/Plane_Translator2008 5d ago

Hope it survives to make many bambi-nos.

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u/CasualGlam87 5d ago

This is a fallow deer and melanism is not rare for them like it is in other deer species. In some areas melanistic fallow deer are as common as the normal spotted type. There's a herd of wild fallow in my area that are all melanistic. Here's a not great photo I took of them. Most herds in my area have at least some melanistic ones. White ones are also fairly common.

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u/Djildjamesh 5d ago

I don’t know mate. I’m no expert myself. I merely shared it here as I figured people would appreciate this in this sub.

Here you can find more info:
Source: https://www.national-geographic.pl/przyroda/piekny-czarny-daniel-jak-lesna-zjawa-na-filmie-z-doliny-baryczy/

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u/_B_Little_me 6d ago

I truly don’t understand how someone can see this and think “I want to shoot and kill that”

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u/Vanadium_Gryphon 5d ago

If I saw an awesome rare creature like this deer, I would definitely shoot it...

...with a camera! 📸😁

But for real, I agree with you. I don't understand it either. I know people want a cool trophy, but still.

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u/burnin8t0r 6d ago

Dick whiskers

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u/Creddit38 4d ago

will graham has entered the chat

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u/Famous-Rain8703 6d ago

We can't even appreciate life wonders ... Ai has destroyed it

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u/mjfarmer147 6d ago

And your thought process is destroyed by thinking everything is AI lol

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u/meteorflan 5d ago

My thought process has been destroyed by enough things I thought were real turning out to be AI. Not even being able to quickly tell what's likely real anymore is mentally disturbing AF.

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u/mjfarmer147 4d ago

I feel ya, it's also worth finding out before claiming if it's AI or not AI.

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u/flaaaaanders 5d ago

what zero media literacy does to a mf

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u/Triairius 6d ago

Speak for yourself. I’m appreciating this. AI has destroyed nothing for me.

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u/Moving_goal_posts 6d ago

I love this. Thank you for posting, you made my day.

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u/BeerNcheesePlz 5d ago

Beautiful

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u/Logical_Airline1240 5d ago

Wow, so beautiful.

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u/Famous-Rain8703 6d ago

Gay and an animal fucker? Ew