A Blue-Eyed Alligator in New Orleans?
Jun 7, 2023 10:43:15 #
Found this blue-eyed leucistic alligator at the aquarium in New Orleans.
Animals with albinism are white or pale in color over their entire bodies but also have eyes that are pale, pink, or red in color, while animals with leucism often have partially white or patchy features with darker eyes.
While albinism refers to the complete lack of melanin—the natural pigment that gives skin, feathers, hair, and eyes their color—leucism involves a partial loss of pigmentation.
Animals with albinism are white or pale in color over their entire bodies but also have eyes that are pale, pink, or red in color, while animals with leucism often have partially white or patchy features with darker eyes.
While albinism refers to the complete lack of melanin—the natural pigment that gives skin, feathers, hair, and eyes their color—leucism involves a partial loss of pigmentation.
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ncammack
Loc: American Southwest (Lots of beach, no ocean)
Very interesting, like vitiligo in animals.
I've got a Flickr friend who has a shot of a Blue Eyed Coyote, one in a million according to National Geographic:
https://flic.kr/p/2n4MUg3
I've got a Flickr friend who has a shot of a Blue Eyed Coyote, one in a million according to National Geographic:
https://flic.kr/p/2n4MUg3
Jun 7, 2023 11:16:34 #
Jun 7, 2023 18:28:43 #
FrodoBaggins wrote:
Found this blue-eyed leucistic alligator at the aquarium in New Orleans.
Animals with albinism are white or pale in color over their entire bodies but also have eyes that are pale, pink, or red in color, while animals with leucism often have partially white or patchy features with darker eyes.
While albinism refers to the complete lack of melanin—the natural pigment that gives skin, feathers, hair, and eyes their color—leucism involves a partial loss of pigmentation.
Animals with albinism are white or pale in color over their entire bodies but also have eyes that are pale, pink, or red in color, while animals with leucism often have partially white or patchy features with darker eyes.
While albinism refers to the complete lack of melanin—the natural pigment that gives skin, feathers, hair, and eyes their color—leucism involves a partial loss of pigmentation.
Amazing ⭐⭐⭐
Jun 7, 2023 23:16:25 #
Jun 8, 2023 06:18:55 #
FrodoBaggins wrote:
Found this blue-eyed leucistic alligator at the aquarium in New Orleans.
Animals with albinism are white or pale in color over their entire bodies but also have eyes that are pale, pink, or red in color, while animals with leucism often have partially white or patchy features with darker eyes.
While albinism refers to the complete lack of melanin—the natural pigment that gives skin, feathers, hair, and eyes their color—leucism involves a partial loss of pigmentation.
Animals with albinism are white or pale in color over their entire bodies but also have eyes that are pale, pink, or red in color, while animals with leucism often have partially white or patchy features with darker eyes.
While albinism refers to the complete lack of melanin—the natural pigment that gives skin, feathers, hair, and eyes their color—leucism involves a partial loss of pigmentation.
Jun 8, 2023 07:55:37 #
ncammack wrote:
Very interesting, like vitiligo in animals.
I've got a Flickr friend who has a shot of a Blue Eyed Coyote, one in a million according to National Geographic:
https://flic.kr/p/2n4MUg3
I've got a Flickr friend who has a shot of a Blue Eyed Coyote, one in a million according to National Geographic:
https://flic.kr/p/2n4MUg3
Vitiligo is a chronic autoimmune disorder that causes patches of skin to lose pigment or color usually on the extremities while albinism affects ALL melanin production in an animal's cells, this means that partial albinism cannot exist. This phenomenon is known as leucism, the partial loss of all types of pigmentation, including carotenoids. Leucism causes white coloration, white patches, spots, or splotches on the skin or fur caused by genetics but Vitiligo often has other symptoms as an autoimmune disorder with some treatment options.
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