July 24th, 2019 at 9:08PM

todaysbird:

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this unusually golden house sparrow is its strange color due to a genetic mutation called leucism. leucistic animals lack correct pigmentation, and can be varying shades paler than non-leucistic animals. leucistic birds have weaker feathers, and tend to be easy targets for predators, meaning that their rarity is increased since many of them don’t make it to adulthood.

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5,678 notes #she made it to adulthoodby being. rly cute
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