Some Facts About Albino Animals

While albinism is more commonly being referred to, to humans, believe it,
there are out there albinic animals too. They might be strange but they are beautiful!

This photo of SnowFlake was taken moment before he died in Barcelona Zoo.
Fun Fact 1: There is a belief that a person or animal with albinism will become blind halfway through life. This is NOT true.


This albino alligator is named White Diamond.
Fun Fact 2: Animals with Albinism do not particularly have a shorter life span than other animals.

An albino great horned owl, the only one known to exist.

A rare albino fur seal found in Antarctica

A rare albino leopard shark
Fun Fact 3: Albinism in fish is highly affected by the eggs exposure to heavy metals.


Snowy collecting nuts in a back garden
Fun Fact 4: While the color of an Albinistic human eye is blue, the eyes of an animal with albinism are occasionally red.

British Animals Calendar 2010

ON THE COVER: This tiny dormouse is as light as a feather

JANUARY: These newborns won't get lose in their bright red jackets

FEBRUARY: A pair of mute swans for Valentine's Day

MARCH : This young lam has a spring in his step

APRIL : Nothing gets past this wise and alert owl

MAY : He's out on his own for the first time but this gosling is in the pink

JUNE : This sleepy boar clearly has has one too many

JULY : Watch out, or this playful swan will squirt you

AUGUST : Chilling out during the long, hot summer

SEPTEMBER : It's harvest time in the hedgerows for this mouse

OCTOBER : What do you mean, geese don't hibernate?

NOVEMBER: Somerset is a bit nippier than the Savannah

DECEMBER: This cheery fellow proves that winter's here

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