Albino animals

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Albinism in animals is rare, but nearly every species can produce offspring with the condition. Few of them survive in the wild, since they make an obvious target for predators, but many exist happily in zoos. Nala is a rare albino kangaroo who lives in the Duisburg Zoo. The white marsupial wouldn't stand much chance of survival in the wild, but she'll be safe in her shady enclosure, the zoo says.

Sao Paulo's Aquarium is home to rare albino alligators, a species that inhabits the eastern region of Brazil.

Shirohebi are an albino variation of the Japanese rat snake. In Japan, white snakes are considered lucky.

An albino killer whale was spotted earlier this year near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula.

This rare Albino turtle lives at the Sea Turtle Reserve Center in Kosgoda, Sri Lanka

This white peacock lives in the Nehru Zoological Park in Hyderabad. The peacock is the national bird of India and the white peacock is often mistaken for an albino, but it is actually a recessive mutation.

Just one in 10,000 hedgehogs are born with albinism.

The world's only known albino gorilla, Snowflake, lived in the Barcelona Zoo until he died in 2003.

This rare white lobster was caught off Cape Cod, Massachusetts. An estimated only one in 100 million lobsters is albino, which means it is lacking in pigments. Also unusual, blue lobsters like the one on the right occur about one in every five million.

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http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/photo-...541-9.html

[justin]

Their are different strands of albino. Look up leopard gecko for example (i have a obsession with reptile and amphibians, used to have dozens of leos at a time). albino is the tip of the iceberg as far as homozygous traits. Look up ball python morphs and see what selective breeding this rather dull creature has carved from the untapped possibilities of genetics(this is why i fucking love genetics). Look up this what's call a leucistic blue eyed ball python then a leucistic red eye ball python. The art of genetic difference can be as detailed at pupil color! (Badass if you ask me). Reptiles can be a geneticist rainbow. Just look up morphs and enjoy! Thanks for sharing this it is awesome that there was a albino gorilla!