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One of the Denver Zoo raccoons is cooling off with ice during a heat wave (lemmy.nz)

submitted 3 days ago by ickplant@lemmy.world to c/raccoons@lemmy.world

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[–] otter@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

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[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

This is art right here.

[–] lemmysmash@piefed.social 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Is that a mlem or a blep?

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I would call it a blep, to me mlems involve movement.

[–] lemmysmash@piefed.social 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's possible that he got captured mid-mlem after (or before) enjoying the ice.

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That is entirely a possibility. We really need more research on the blep-mlem continuum to fully assess the blep to mlem pipeline.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Some researchers prefer to use the term blemp, when the exact blep-mlem is unknown

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

A new scientific milestone! We shall study the blemp so we can bring it to households worldwide.

[–] viral.vegabond@piefed.social 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Albino?

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Leucistic! Not quite albino, and no red eyes, but pale-colored. There are two of them at the Denver Zoo. Leucistic animals have a lower chance of survival in the wild because of their light-colored coats.

[–] viral.vegabond@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wow, that is fascinating. I have never heard that term before. Thank you for explaining!

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It is fascinating, I agree!

Here are some leucistic animals:

[–] viral.vegabond@piefed.social 2 points 2 hours ago

Those are so cool, especially the iridescent looking skin on that frog! Incredible :)