ALBINO ANIMALS

ALBINO
GORILLA
This is Snowflake,
the gorilla who lived
at Barcelona Zoo for
40 years until his
death in 2003 from
skin cancer.
Albino Koala
Meet the only albino
koala in captivity. This
adorable resident of
the San Diego Zoo was
named Onya-Birri, which
means ‘ghost boy’ in an
Australian Aboriginal
language.
ALBINO
ANIMALS
ALBINO HEDGEHOG
This albino hedgehog has become an
internet star after its Japanese owner
posted these adorable pictures of her
pet online.
Hedgehogs normally have to mission
throughout the night in order to track
down their food, and also have to
hibernate during the winter months
to survive the cold. But under owner
Tokiko Kojima’s roof, this cute critter
has tossed hibernation aside and has
instead chosen to lounge around and
feast on milk and ham year-round.
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Albino Vulture
This male albino Black
Vulture, named Oxy,
lives at the World Bird
Sanctuary in St Louis,
Missouri, USA. There’s
only one other albino
Black Vulture known
in existence.
Half Albino
Snake
This half-albino snake
is known as a piebald
ball python.
An albino animal is:
an animal without the
ability to produce the
pigments that are
commonly seen in other
individuals of the
species.
ALBINO
GIANT
SNAIL
In 2011, this rare carnivorous albino Powelliphanta,
otherwise known as a giant snail, was photographed
in New Zealand. It’s been estimated the snail was at
least 10 years old.
ALBINO LOGGERHEAD TURTLE
This albino turtle
named Alba lives at
Marineland in
Antibes in the
south of France.
She is just one of
a handful of albino
loggerhead turtles
living in captivity
and was caught on
camera by 17-yearold student,
Cassandra Martin.