Whenever I see people call something a Paradox (whatever) I am always told its because the animal IS a certain morph, but has a weird characteristic that contradicts said morph, but isnt anything else. IE albinos and the crystal, with stark black bits that look like a ballpoint exploded on the animal. Now in the case of the paradox albino, its always bugged me to even call the animal an albino. By very definition the albino cannot produce black pigment, yet there we go, black spatteres all over. So its NOT an albino, period, "paradox" or otherwise, as it can and blatantly does produce black pigment. What Im not seeing, that would make an animal a real "paradox" (by the definition of the word) is patches of wild type, say on the albino. But its indeniable that you HAVE black pigment on these otherwise devoid of black morphs. So. WHAT is the genetic marker that adds this weird exploded pen mess of stark black? Why do these animals have it?
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