Of albino squirrels there are only one in every 100.000 specimens. This is why Albert, a gray squirrel who lives in a park in the Bellsquarry district of West Lothian, Scotland, is so special. Yes, because, unlike other rodents, it has red eyes and is completely white, from the head ... to the claws. Albert is also a great crafty man, as he climbs into the bird feeder to get peanuts and other delicacies by now.
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves him
Di bee squirrels there are only one for every 100.000 units. This is why Albert, a gray squirrel who lives in a park in the Bellsquarry district of West Lothian, Scotland, is so special. Yes, because, unlike other rodents, he has red eyes and he is completely white, from the head ... to the claws. Albert is also a great crafty man, as he climbs into the bird feeder to get peanuts and other delicacies by now.
It was to call him that Adele Logan, 47, a Bellsquarry official, who says she first saw him “during the terrible winter of December 2010. He has made regular appearances ever since. She comes to eat and then she leaves “. Adele was lucky: the pets from candid by the they are really hard to capture. Often because they tend to hide more, as they have many survival problems in their natural habitats.
Their color, in fact, makes them more visible to predators, in this case birds of prey and domestic cats. “It is possible that if there is an albino gray squirrel in this area, there may be others nearby. In some areas of southern England, in fact, people have reported seeing several albino squirrels all together, ”explains Colin Seddon, head of Scotland's National Wildlife Rescue Center.
Albinism is a genetic defect which causes a lack of all pigments, and in particular melanin, in the body. It is a "recessive" defect (that is, it occurs only if both forms of genes (alleles) present in the cells are defective) that affects many species in addition to squirrels, such as hedgehogs, whales and even men.
Roberta Ragni
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