A shiny is a very rare Pokémon that comes in a different color than usual. It may be a fictional concept, but nature has no shortage of similar surprises. Animals, plants, food, and other unexpected finds can all come in shades that make them look completely out of the ordinary.
That is the premise behind the subreddit r/RealLifeShinies, where people share their most fascinating colorful discoveries. We’ve picked some of the most interesting posts below to show just how strange and beautiful things around us can be. Scroll down to take a look.
#1 Golden Mouse With Wavy Fur!
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#2 Leucistic Green Sea Turtle
© Photo: richterite
#3 A Rare Pink Manta Ray
© Photo: Curleysound
#4 Australian Veterinary Clinic Rescues A Golden Possum. They Named Him Pikachu
© Photo: LuCiAnO241
#5 Mega Rare Cotton-Candy Colored Lobster Found On The Coast Of Maine. 1/100,000,000 Odds
© Photo: reddit.com
#6 A Tiger With A Recessive Gene Making Their Usually Black Stripes Orange, Called The Golden Tiger
© Photo: madcreeps
#7 My Grandson Got To See The Spotless Giraffe And Snapped This Pic!
© Photo: Hemenucha
#8 Dark Blue Crayfish With White Speckled Spots In Thailand
© Photo: Midnightmagistrate
#9 Rare Polka-Dotted Zebra Foal Photographed In Kenya
© Photo: fesbanu
#10 25 Years Of Life And I've Only Just Discovered Pink Grasshoppers Exist, And Apparently Like My Car
© Photo: WhySoIncandescent
#11 Piebald Grey-Headed Flying-Fox, Named Tal'ngai Dha'run, Which Means 'White Wing' In The Local Yugambeh Indigenous Dialect Of Australia
© Photo: KimCureAll
#12 What A Cutie
© Photo: EarleenCrisler
#13 Shiny Salazzle
© Photo: WikiRando
#14 My Old Highschool Teacher's Racoon Living Her Yard. Very Friendly Apparently
© Photo: kevinbenoit2
#15 White Mountain Lion Spotted In Brazil
© Photo: senjeo
#16 Goth Flamingo!
© Photo: poison_harls
#17 Two Headed Albino Milk Snake
© Photo: DuhOGSauce
#18 Desaturated Santa Is Still The Best Costume I’ve Ever Done (Not Photoshopped)
© Photo: brodyqat
#19 Anyone Ever Seen A Whimsical Beauty Like This??
© Photo: sagegreenandsunshine
#20 A "Zorse" - A Very Rare Hybrid Between A Zebra And A Horse
© Photo: KimCureAll
#21 🔥 White Reindeer Appears In Sweden (R/Nordiccool)
© Photo: jokerlovesharleen
#22 We Have An Extremely Rare Black Fox Relaxing In Our Garden. West Yorkshire, UK
© Photo: eatyabeans
#23 This Is The Holy Grail Of All Shinies
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#24 I Was Told You Guys Might Enjoy This, I Present The Chimera Rose!
© Photo: dishsoapalmighty
#25 Itzae The Albino Puma
© Photo: AntarcticFox
#26 The Leucistic Crow That Lives In My Town
© Photo: GoldfishBurps
#27 A Shiny Bee!
© Photo: imvital
#28 Three Shades Of Foxes
© Photo: Deutro_Jens
#29 Someone From Entomology Said This Would Be Liked Here
© Photo: Wildthorn23
#30 This Zebra Had An Ink Bleed When It Was Printed
© Photo: FruityandtheBeast
#31 Shiny Dalmatian
© Photo: MajespecterNekomata
#32 Caught The Lucky Trout This Morning
© Photo: maxokreem
#33 Shiny Bison Spotted In Missouri
© Photo: Dylan-Schmidt-
#34 Shiny Capybara Shiny Capybara
© Photo: aaronsteing
#35 Shiny Catfish With A Rare Disorder Called Leucism
© Photo: Wardine
#36 An Albino Racoon
© Photo: JJ_2007
#37 2 Shinies At Once! A Leucistic And A Mutation- I Work With These
© Photo: westtexasgeckochic
#38 White Leopard Tortoise
© Photo: linc_y
#39 Shiny Raven
© Photo: majsorm
#40 Baby Albino Giant Galapagos Tortoise. An Incredible Find!
© Photo: G1tiga
#41 A Rare Piebald Leucistic White-Faced Fawn, Michigan
© Photo: KimCureAll
#42 How Am I Supposed To Teach My Kids Anything?
© Photo: mtjaybird
#43 A Tawny Frogmouth Pair, One Of Which Is Albino Or Leucistic
© Photo: KimCureAll
#44 Shiny Pigeon Has Seagull Coloration
© Photo: AntarcticFox
#45 Manul News: Orange One Spotted In Iran
© Photo: Freewhale98
#46 Very Rare Cat Coat Pattern
© Photo: AntarcticFox
#47 Twin Shiny Zebra Finches Recently Hatched In Our Aviary
© Photo: Bob_Henkus
#48 Shiny Doritos
© Photo: oldsigh
#49 Hunting For Uranium Glass, Only One Teacup Glowed In UV Light
© Photo: Bruceeb0y
#50 Shiny McDonald's Logo Type:dark
© Photo: Fadeawayjae
#51 A Snowy Reindeer
© Photo: Nihilistic_cringe
#52 Shiny Gator ✨
© Photo: murfff
#53 This Cat Has Very Rare Lilac Colouration
© Photo: BavellyBavelly
#54 I Saw A Black Deer Today In Sweden!
© Photo: FilipGou
#55 The Albino Deer Who Lives By My Cousin In Northern Wisconsin Had Albino Babies This Year
© Photo: Kurijo
#56 Golden Moon Bear
© Photo: ShadowbrookRoad
#57 Ghost Hummingbird
© Photo: mcutler
#58 Shiny Mallard
© Photo: Monkey3k
#59 Never Seen A Blue Roly Poly Before
© Photo: thealmightgerbil
#60 Beekeepers In France Were Puzzled Over Their Hives Producing Blue Honey
It was discovered that the bees had been feasting on the shells of colorful M&Ms. As it turned out, just 2.5 miles away from the beehives, a Mars factory producing M&Ms had left some of their containers uncovered.
© Photo: KimCureAll
#61 Not One, But Two Real Life Shinies!!! Check Out These Deer!
© Photo: Wolf_Mommy
#62 Shiny Snakehead
© Photo: rataktaktaruken
#63 Going Through Piles And Piles Of Vintage Jewelry To Help My Mom With Her Resell Biz And Found This Bracelet Made With Uranium Glass
© Photo: JunkInTheTrunk
#64 You Heard Em Boys, Shiny Hunting This Fine Specimen Is Forbidden
© Photo: Purple_Blood6310
#65 I Found This Very Unappetizing Image Of A Cheez-It At The Grocery Store
© Photo: Drag0nMagic
#66 This IKEA In Espoo, Finland Is The Only White IKEA In The World
© Photo: dating-a-finn
#67 A Very Rare Shiny
© Photo: reddit.com
#68 Beautiful Blonde Mallard 🦆💕
© Photo: Mikidoll
#69 Pink Pigeon Or Tiny Flamingo? 🤔
© Photo: cedarvillain
#70 Got A Roll Of Quarters From The Bank And My Wife Cracked It Open To Find A Gold Quarter
© Photo: brock1363
#71 Rare 1 In 30 Million 'Calico' Lobster Saved From Red Lobster Kitchen
© Photo: IceCreamS0da
#72 Albino Raccoon Kit Taken From A Friends Wall
© Photo: DontGiveBearsLSD
#73 A Rare Opalized Ammonite Fossil
© Photo: KimCureAll
#74 Parasitic Shiny Found On Fb
© Photo: Celeste_Minerva
#75 Shiny Avocado
© Photo: Chrysophobia
#76 I Found A Baby Albino Oak In My Garden Some Years Ago, And Realized That Plants Can Be Albinos Too, But They Do Not Live Long Since They Cannot Photosynthesize
© Photo: Lunabora
#77 2 Years Ago I Found A Shiny Cat At The Local Shelter
© Photo: KittiesandPlushies
#78 Found An Unwrapped Battery
© Photo: McD5
#79 This Ladybug I Found With No Spots
© Photo: VoilaLeDuc
#80 One Of My Mountain Dew Bottles Isn't Dyed
© Photo: jaledge00
#81 Shiny Broccoli, Wonder What The Blue Ones Taste Like?
© Photo: tumblerisgay
#82 A Purple Apple Jack!
© Photo: theliquidcrafish
#83 Shiny Bohemian Waxwing
© Photo: reddit.com
#84 Shiny Cinnamon Toast Crunch
© Photo: OneTailedKitsune
#85 Shiny Traffic Cone
© Photo: Erotic_Sheep
#86 The Government Forgot To Color This One
© Photo: NapsorNetflix
#87 Shiny German Shepard (Blue)
© Photo: SuperSpeedRunner
#88 I Work At A Gas Station. The Sodas We Put In The Fridge For Individual Sale Come In Black And White Boxes
© Photo: tonyk911
#89 Have You Ever Seen Something Like This?
© Photo: AdeninaNoDuerme
#90 Albino Penguin Among His Peers
© Photo: erabby
#91 I Have Never Seen A Magpie This Colour Before!
© Photo: Emdier