Albino animals

アルビノの孔雀 違いがあるからこそ、世界は美しい。

From crocodiles to gorillas, these are ten images of the rarest albino animals in the world, and it seems albinism can make them look even more amazing.

Albinism is an innate melanin deficiency that results in a lack of color in skin, hair, fur, and the iris of the eye. In people, there is one albino in every 20 thousand newborns. Strangely, in Africa, to the South of the Sahara, they are born way more often. It is also interesting that not just people can be albino — animals can be albino too. It’s probably not easy to be a white tiger, a white owl, or a white giraffe in the wild world.

19 Rare Albino Animals - World's largest collection of cat memes and other animals

blessing your tl with arctic weasels because honestly just look at them

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Did you know that the beautiful Scottish Fold felines have their distinctive folded ears due to natural dominant mutation in the Fd gene? Or that Manx cats, a breed originating from the Isle of Man, have a small stub instead of a tail due to a naturally occurring mutation?

White elephant

Albino animals have a genetic mutation that causes an absence of tyrosinase in their pigment cells, which means they don't produce melanin pigments. While ...

19 Rare Albino Animals - World's largest collection of cat memes and other animals