Neurotiously rare. White kangaroo is born in New York

As noted, the unique calf was born five months ago. However, it was only in mid-January that he was taken from his mother’s bag, where he spent the first months of his life. It turned out that the kangaroo was born with a rare disease, leucism. It has a partial lack of skin and coat pigmentation, but unlike albinism, it has no lack of eye pigmentation.

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“When we saw that he was white, it was great, but when we looked closer and saw black eyes, our jaws fell to the floor. At that moment we realized that we have an animal that we have not seen in our entire career. it is the only kangaroo like this in North America, so rare, “Park owner Jordan Patch told CNN.

The disease should not affect the health of the kangaroo, writes CNN. It could pose a threat in the wild, because it would be more difficult for such an animal to disguise itself.

Now zoo staff intend to study the unique kangaroo, says Patch. They want to understand which gene caused the mutation, whether both parents are carriers of the recessive trait, or is it just an accident.

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