VIDEO: white echidna sighted in Tasmania
16 October 2017
Image credit: @puddlehub
See the video of a rare albino echidna spotted in Tasmania’s Coles Bay on the Freycinet Peninsula.
HAVE YOU EVER seen a white echidna before? The rare colouring is manifestation of a gene mutation that disrupts the production of melanin, which colours eyes, skin, hair, fur and leaves. Without this pigment animals or plants default to white or colourless states.
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