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Old 09-10-2006, 06:08 PM
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Re: Albino or white..Whats the difference

Not talking just about deer.
Some animals are white - that is their natural colouring (gulls, polar bears ...)
Some animals change their colouring in the winter, becoming pale (Stoats ...)
Neither of these are "albino".
Albinism is when most animals of a species are darkly coloured (by melanins or other pigments in their skins, feathers, eyes) but an *individual* lacks the pigment due to a genetic deficiency. The crtitical element, really, is not just that they will have white skin/fur/feathers but that they will lack pigment in the eyes and other places ....
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