In Tanzania’s Tarangire National Park, researchers documented a giraffe nicknamed Omo with leucism – her body fur is mostly white, but her eyes and soft tissues retain normal color. Unlike albinism, leucism blocks pigment in the skin and hair but not in the eyes. It was sighted in 2015 by Dr. Derek Lee of the Wild Nature Institute.
AdlTeacher on
Real life shiny Pokemon
Happy__guy2 on
Does the condition affect anything else other than skin pigmentation?
“only known remaining” makes it sound like there is a family of these. Is there? Or can it happen to random individuals?
Because we have white elk every now and then and they come back sometimes
Yulai3312 on
Shiny!!!!
Peace-Maker710 on
She’s beautiful but I’ll still keep white tigers at first
Cian-XI on
This is probably how legends/myths start.
Siliskk on
We praise when animals have rare genetic conditions and look different or unique, but dont have that same heart for human people with diseases that make them look “weird or scary” breaks my soul
miko_top_bloke on
in this pic she looks like straight outta one of super mario’s distorted and wicked worlds
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In Tanzania’s Tarangire National Park, researchers documented a giraffe nicknamed Omo with leucism – her body fur is mostly white, but her eyes and soft tissues retain normal color. Unlike albinism, leucism blocks pigment in the skin and hair but not in the eyes. It was sighted in 2015 by Dr. Derek Lee of the Wild Nature Institute.
Real life shiny Pokemon
Does the condition affect anything else other than skin pigmentation?
how do we know he doesn’t dye it?
https://preview.redd.it/esgt7zp5xj9g1.jpeg?width=1600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dea761fce9f7c69d48d14cb8f24d9c6cb0cad7b5
He’s irish
That’s my neighbour Samantha
Maybe she’s born with it
Maybe it’s Mainbeline
So it’s basically a horse with an elongated neck?
I wonder what people’s eschatology would view it as the end of the world.
Gingeraffe
Omo is also a washing powder brand so his name is basically a play on that
https://preview.redd.it/8cru6cq7yj9g1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ae6501b7a4549dd0b6d9e7bcb9eb45eb3041723c
“only known remaining” makes it sound like there is a family of these. Is there? Or can it happen to random individuals?
Because we have white elk every now and then and they come back sometimes
Shiny!!!!
She’s beautiful but I’ll still keep white tigers at first
This is probably how legends/myths start.
We praise when animals have rare genetic conditions and look different or unique, but dont have that same heart for human people with diseases that make them look “weird or scary” breaks my soul
in this pic she looks like straight outta one of super mario’s distorted and wicked worlds
