Posted on 04/07/2022 9:23:41 PM PDT by algore
Rare white kangaroo was photographed in outback Queensland this week
Experts believe it is likely to be a leucistic kangaroo, rather than an albino
Typically, when pigmented creatures such as kangaroos have white fur, feathers or scales, they are often believed to be albino.
Paul Oliver, the Queensland Museum Curator of Vertebrates, believes the 'creature' spotted at Longreach was actually a leucistic kangaroo.
'Just looking at the picture, it looks to have black eyes, it's hard to see for sure but that suggests it's not an albino,' he told the ABC.
'You can have true albino, which you need to look for pink eyes, or sometimes there's another type of mutation called leucism where sometimes they'll have black eyes.'
Leucism is a term describing a wide variety of conditions that result in the partial loss of pigmentation in an animal's kin, causing white, pale, or patchy coloration of the skin, hair, feathers, scales, or cuticles, but not the eyes
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The ghost of freedom in Australia.
Darn you, Christopher Columbus!!!
(He must have snuck into Australia 🦘 by stealth)
I saw a dear like that once while fishing at lake Lanier GA. I call it an albino, but who knows x
Ummm, he's done rather well for himself!
He’s looking for the nearest Outback Steakhouse and a Bloomin’ Onion?
Climate change in 3, 2, 1,......
It’s going to start snowing there.
White racist Roo.
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“Who am I? Just call me the Outback Easter Bunny!”
Tie me kangaroo down mate.
“I saw a dear like that once while fishing at lake Lanier GA.”
Was she cute? :)
You know spell check is a beotch. 😜
White Supremacist Kangaroo spotted.....
Capture and exterminate!
Real case of white privilege.
Apparently Bezos is hopping mad and has lawyers on the way now, no one can infringe on the kindle ‘paper white’ trademark
Confusing article from DM, as usual. To clarify, a white kangaroo was observed and while some call it an albino lacking pigment in the skin, current research in genetics shows how the mineral leucistic in a kangaroo’s diet can make its” joeys” and puppies bright white. The beautiful kangaroo was seen hopping thirty feet over a fence.
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