Posted on 08/22/2017 5:09:48 PM PDT by Innovative
A rare white koala joey has been born at a Queensland zoo, and the search is now on for the right name.
Australia Zoo, north of Brisbane on the Sunshine Coast, welcomed its first white koala joey this breeding season.
The female is not albino — its extremely pale colouration is caused by a recessive gene and thought to be inherited from mother Tia, which has had other pale coloured joeys in the past.
Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital director Dr Rosie Booth said it was more unusual to see a koala with fur this light — and with eyes and skin remaining the usual brown black — than it was to see a koala with albinism.
Pocahontas.
Certainly less contentious ;-)
Whitey
Bob was at 50.5% at noon. Voting ends at 10:00 PM eastern time.
This one is cute too.
But the new baby is NOT albino, has normal eyes, just very light fur. The article states that.
‘And Bob’s yer Uncle’...
White? The name should be “Privileged”
I used to post the picture too, as appropriate, but seem to have forgotten how to do it, what I remembered was not enough.
Good that we have people like you, who can fix it and post the picture.
You have to understand that according to my other children "I always loved Bob more"....so this is just another "proof" to them. LOL
That is racist
My husband always says that pretty much everyone has an uncle named Bob (both of us did) and that must be how the expression came to be; but the origin is sorta cloudy:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob%27s_your_uncle
I want one .
Good thing he’s not in Iceland or he’d be exterminated. Can’t have “abnormal” animals.
Racist white privileged koala?
First class !
I remember a story in the news a long time ago, where some young idiots stole koalas from a zoo, to impress girlfriends.
Fortunately they were caught; and the critters recovered before suffering from poor nutrition/care:
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Home-Safe-Stolen-koala-caper-ends-with-arrest-2688939.php
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