When God Runs out of Paint: 26 Albino Animals
No matter how powerful God seems to be, he sometimes just runs out of paint (melanin), and every time this happens an albino animal is born.
Albinism (from Latin albus, white) is a form of hypopigmentary congenital disorder, characterized by a partial lack or total absence of melanin pigment in the eyes, skin and hair, or more rarely in the eyes alone. Due to this, animals (and humans too) are unusually pale. The eyes of an animal with albinism occasionally appear red because of the underlying retinal blood vessels showing through where there is not enough pigment to cover them.
Albino animals are rare in nature, and a man always had a fascination for these creatures since ancient times. Some cultures considered albinos as sacred animals,while others – as demoniac ones.
It’s up to you to decide whether they’re sacred or demoniac, but I’m sure you will find it very educating to see this list of 26 weird albino animals.
1. Peacock
The growth and development of an animal with albinism is the same as that of a normal individual.
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2. Hedgehog
Only one in ten thousand hedgehogs are born totally white with red eyes.
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3. Crocodile
Albinos are generally as healthy as the rest of their species with normal growth and development as well as capability of reproduction.
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4. Kangaroo
Animals with albinism can sunburn easily from overexposure. Some albino zoo animals are known to be slathered on with sun block to protect them from the sun’s harmful rays.
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5. Squirrel
Survival rate of albino animals may be less than a normal animal of the same species. Their color makes it difficult to hide themselves from enemies..
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6. The Black Bear
No, this is NOT a polar bear..
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7. Gorilla
Snowflake (c. 1964 – November 24, 2003) was an albino gorilla. He was the only known albino gorilla so far (although not the only ape), and the most popular resident of the Barcelona Zoo in Catalonia, Spain. He died of skin cancer ..
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8. Monkey
Albino animals may face problems of vision, making it difficult for them to hunt for food and protect themselves from danger.
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9. Ferret
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10. Beaver
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11. Frog
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12. Rat
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13. Horse
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14. Crab
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15. Crayfish
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16. Fish
Albinism in fish is highly affected by the eggs exposure to heavy metals.
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17. Salamander
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18. Slug
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19. Snake
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20. Monitor
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21. Ladybug
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22. Porcupine
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23. Grasshopper
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24. Moose
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25. Deer
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26. Penguin
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amazing animals..
I thought the albino peacock looked quite spectacular.
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Beautiful photos! #4 is a wallaby, not a kangaroo though!
Number 17 is not a salamander, it’s an axolotl, an amphibian that lives in Mexico, and it’s white by nature.
nice but what about my cat?
@Victor yeah number 17 is an axolotl but they aren’t white by nature. In the wild they tend to be blackish, brown or cream colored. But captive bred axolotls have enhanced the albino trait so they are now very common in captive bred specimens.
stunning pics! i wonder if #10 is a capybara, not a beaver
i was told when i was a child that most creatures or persons that have the albino gene or lack of… i really dont know? anyways are many albino blind or is this a false statement? not that i want to be prejudice but only curios, i assume probably not blind but possibly color blindness could be common? then again who amoung us is really perfect?… lol, certainly not me
Oh my god they are soooo cute!!! I love the porcupine!
#10 is a capybara, not a beaver. Great collection, though!
The number 17. animal is NOT a salamander but an Axolotl.
According to wikipedia:
“Axolotls should not be confused with waterdogs, the larval stage of the closely related Tiger Salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum and Ambystoma mavortium), which are widespread in much of North America and also occasionally become neotenic, nor with mudpuppies (Necturus spp.), fully-aquatic salamanders which are not closely related to the axolotl but bear a superficial resemblance.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axolotl
# 13 is not an albino horse, it is actually classified as a White Horse. You can look here just to see what I’m talking about: http://greenfield.fortunecity.com/dreams/799/hc/white.htm
Actually, #13 isn’t even a white horse. It’s pretty clearly a perlino. A perlino is a bay horse with two copies of the cream gene (one copy means you have a buckskin if the base colour is bay, or a palomino if the base colour is chestnut).
There are no records of albino horses.
Number 17 is not a salamander, it’s an Axolotl -__-
The peacock above is probably not albino. Peacocks actually have solid white as a color variant. The zoo an hour from where I live has one and he’s produced blue/normal and white offspring. Also, somebody asked about albinism being linked to blindness. Not to my knowledge, although their eyes are often more light sensitive. Often mistaken for albinism is leucism, where the leucistic animal has mostly recessive traits, especially in pigment. Those animals will often be deaf, but not blind.
One more to add- the beaver isn’t a beaver, and it ALSO isn’t a capybara. It’s a nutria with its tail submerged, a large water rat from South America. They have been introduced in to the Pacific Northwest of the United States (beaver habitat) to supplant the beavers in the fur trade. Of course, their fur is gross, and they breed like crazy and decimate their habitat. Because they share a location with beavers and have very similar habits (as well having as a long tail that, though not flat, can look like a beaver tail from the correct angle) they are often mistaken for beavers.
Fun Pacific Northwest fact, home of the kermode bear, the nutria, and the beaver.
This is another albino nutria, for comparison: http://ridgefieldbirds.com/Images08Aug/RNWR_white_nutria_swimming_08-10-08.jpg
Their are more than 26 Albino Animals. Their are like 28 or 30 maybe even more!!!!!
Like the Black bear a African-American or black person (for instance Yellow man, the reggae singer) just look like the next white guy.It’s kind of like being a 6 foot giant, midget.No but really some ancient cultures used to worship albino animals like the snake for example. Or the buffalo to the American Natives. Even in today s culture some still kind of worship the albino, take the Winter’s brothers for example, they have had & still do have quite a following. By the way Edger Winters that has to be a stage name. If not God must have a sense of humor also.
Number 3 is an alligator, not a crocodile.
You can tell by the teeth as aligator teeth hang over the lower jaw while crocodile teeth jut over both jaws.
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@Victor: Axolotl’s are a type of salamander. They simply fail to undergo metamorphosis and remain in the neonate (juvenile) form throughout their life even though they sexually mature in it as well; if you expose these animals to iodine it’s possible to make them morph into the “adult” (gill-less) form.
The crab is NOT an albino; it is called a Ghost crab or Sand crab; the white coloration is 100% natural :3
Probably not blind but they can have vision trouble. And color blind is a different gene that effects the rods and cones (I don’t remember which one) of the eyes… Just because they have no pigment doesn’t mean color blindness is part of it. The albino peacock is amazing!
That’s an alligator, not a crocodile.
Albino horses do not exist, this horse is a perlino (and might be a cremello, but I’m sure it’s a perlino)
No albino horse has ever been born into this world as of today.
no humans? how about making it 27 and adding a human to the list.
Haflo, I agree that it may not be an albino horse, but you can’t say that there has NEVER been an albino horse ever… ever ever.
There is no god.
Get over it. Evolve.
#3 is definitely an alligator. not just that, but that specific alligator is claude, who lives at the academy of sciences in san francisco. i worked next to that boring animal for over a year. all he does is hit his face on the plexiglass and lay in his own poop. serious, that alligator lays some massive smelly turds that he apparently doesnt even care if his face is in it.
oh also, most albinos are most certainly not, “as healthy as the rest of their species with normal growth and development as well as capability of reproduction.” due to the lack of pigment in their eyes, many albinos are highly sensitive to light and cannot see well if at all. also being bright white they are easy targets for predators. and for many, if the predators don’t get them, sunburn will.
Just because an animal is colored white doesn’t always mean that it is an albino. The rare white peacock is frequently mistaken for an albino when it is in fact a variety of the Spalding Peafowl.
Same with the white lion and white tiger, their are not albinos; they have a different condition known as leucism, a reduction (not a lack) in all types of skin pigment, not just melanin.
We have a White Alligator at our Audubon Zoo here in New Orleans and he’s not Albino. Half of the animals on here aren’t albino and the easiest way you can tell is because albino’s have red eyes. LostAnimal is right
oh and Lobie….most reptiles do that