Black Is Beautiful: 27 Stunning Animals With Melanism

One of Nature's amazing Tricks is Melanism , a rare phenomenon described by Wikipedia as "A development of the dark-colored pigment melanin in the skin or its appendages and is the opposite of albinism". Here are some of those unique animals painted in black by nature.

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