Pictures: Rare White Giraffe and Other Unusually Pale Animals
Published 16 Nov 2017, 10:33 GMT
(PICTURED: Omo the white giraffe) - Are you having a giraffe? These incredible snaps show a rare WHITE giraffe grazing in the African bush. Omo the white giraffe has been spotted roaming around Tarangire National Park, in Tanzania, along with the rest of her herd who don't seem to notice her unusual colouring. Ecologist Dr Derek Lee, founder and scientist at the Wild Nature Institute, caught the pale giraffe on camera. Derek, 45, said: "Omo is leucistic, meaning many of the skin cells are incapable of making a pigment but some are, so she is pale but not pure white with red or blue eyes as a true albino would be. SEE CATERS COPY.
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