renamonkalou:Rare King Penguin | Yves AdamsThis penguin was spotted during a two-month photography e
renamonkalou:Rare King Penguin | Yves AdamsThis penguin was spotted during a two-month photography expedition throughout Antarctica and the South AtlanticI guess this is what they call a leucistic individual, not a true albino but still featuring a mutated phenotype with much less melanosomes.I am a bit taken back by its very clear iris though.I hope it will be okay, most leucistic individuals have reduced life expentancy due to them being more easily seen by predators or because of reduced protection against sunburn. But for a penguin I guess the latter option is a lesser concern. -- source link
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