Dear Andrew,

Siberian and Bengal white tigers are not albino, but exhibit another
type of chromosomal mutation. Albino mammals would not be striped and
would have pinkish, not blue, eyes.

David

On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 7:08 AM, Andrew Grebneff <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Good Morning all; How can you tell of a shell is a true albino?
>
> I believe that the "white" tigers are albino. They have black stripes
> and blue eyes.
>
> Beware the whire "albino" shells suddenly streaming out of the
> Philippines... these are shells baked or boiled in oil to destroy the
> pigments; reducing the bake time can yield pale-colored shells such as
> the fleshy-orange Vasum turbinellus sometimes offered for sale. This
> is deplorable, but is pretty much typical of Philippines shells, which
> normally have faked data.
>
> I have accidentally heat-decolored a batch of Iredalins mirabilis (not
> a Provocator!) by letting them boil dry... where the whorls touched
> the pan's bottom, white spots were produced.
>
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