FfFfFfFF 58,377 Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 A New York zoo has welcomed a baby red kangaroo with a rare condition that left park employees shocked. Cosmo, the newest joey at Animal Adventure Park, was born with leucism, an incredibly rare condition that causes the partial loss of pigmentation in an animal's skin and fur. Unlike albinism, leucism does not cause a lack of pigmentation in the eyes. The white joey was born several months ago to a red kangaroo. Its "extremely rare" white colour was revealed only when staff removed it from the mother's pouch recently for a full inspection. [...] While Cosmo's genetic makeup should not affect his health, the only danger is that he does not have the ability to camouflage, so he would most likely never survive in the wild. https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/23/us/rare-white-kangaroo-new-york-zoo-scn-trnd/index.html, https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/extremely-rare-white-kangaroo-born-in-zoo-our-jaws-are-on-the-floor-2356334 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirrtyPony 1,330 Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 My heart is now mush Strung out for another taste Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addison Rae 18,131 Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 too cute! sitting on his lap sipping diet pepsi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneaky Oliver 23,022 Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 It looks like a bunny Gigantamax version Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreamyBagel 87 Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Stop whitewashing animals!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modern Ecstacy 3,888 Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 oooh, here we go with the white supremacy again...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloody g 31,746 Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 i had never seen a baby kangaroo before 🥺 『𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝』 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sarahb 17,213 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 First April the giraffe and now this Didn't think I'd be hearing that much about some random New York zoo Do you feel him sir? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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