19 Rare Albino Animals - World's largest collection of cat memes and other animals
Albinism is an genetic disorder characterized by a lack of melanin in the body, the body’s color producing pigment. It is extremely rare. Here's a list of 125 rare albino animals.
19 Rare Albino Animals - World's largest collection of cat memes and other animals
Albinism, or lack of pigmentation, can look kind of scary, but these animals seem to be totally rocking it!
There are about 300 species in North America with this shocking trait.
Albinism has always been a marvel in human society, and it’s fascinating to see that this wonder is also found in the animal kingdom. It’s a rare sight, causing the skin, hair, and eyes to have little to no pigment, resulting in everything on the body appearing white. It’s a spectacle so visually wonderful that it never fails to make people’s jaws drop, and it’s even more baffling when we see an animal that looks so abnormally exquisite.
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?
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
Albinism is an genetic disorder characterized by a lack of melanin in the body, the body’s color producing pigment. It is extremely rare. Here's a list of 125 rare albino animals.
El albinismo es un trastorno causado por mutaciones en diferentes genes, esto produce la reducción o ausencia total del pigmento en ojos, piel y pelo... y aunque parezca raro, los animales también lo padecen. Es poco usual ver por la naturaleza animales albinos, pero los hay y son absolutamente her
J'aime beaucoup les animaux blancs.Blanc comme l'hiver, blanc comme la neige, ils sont si beaux, si purs sauf... d'accord... cette tarentule et ce serpent, beurkkk, ils font froid dans le dos !!!
El albinismo es un trastorno causado por mutaciones en diferentes genes, esto produce la reducción o ausencia total del pigmento en ojos, piel y pelo... y aunque parezca raro, los animales también lo padecen. Es poco usual ver por la naturaleza animales albinos, pero los hay y son absolutamente her
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Amazing to see how a lack of pigment can make an animal appear so very differently. Plus, you can print these pictures out and color them however you want.
En réalité, il s'agit d'animaux albinos... ou leuciques. Les animaux leuciques ont une particularité génétique qui donne une couleur blanche à leur pelage ou plumage. Le leucistisme est différent de l
Check out these extremely rare albino animals - we bet more than a few are completely unexpected.