And I've seen albino sea turtles (hatchlings) as well~

Don Barclay wrote:

> Yep, I've seen an albino armadillo, too.  And an albino BLACK egret,
> because there are no white ones in Samoa, and a white crow, and, er...
> I haven't seen a white octopus.  At least, not one that would stay white
> for very long.  An interesting shell that I find pretty often is a white
> nerite,
> kind of like Nerita polita, but I won't go into it's name yet.  About one
> out of 50 or maybe 100 is solid white, but the operc is normal, and
> usually very dark.  The funny thing is that there are no "almost white"
> shells.  There are lots of black or very dark shells, and quite a few that
> are multicolored, brown, red, striped, etc.  The fact that there are no
> in-between forms approaching white leads me to figure that these are
> probably albinos.  I tried to see if the last one I found had pink eyes,
> but he wouldn't open his itty-bitty eyes for me...
>
> Don
> Pago Pago
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "ferreter" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 3:28 AM
> Subject: albinistics VERY IMPORTANT!!!!!
>
> albinistics,,,, In a recent thread about albinisic nautilii the question
> slipped out of my higher cortex and had me ponder some awe- inspiring
> quiries. Do all fauna have the pigment deficincy such as the albino nautilus
> ? can't an armidillo be an albino, an octopi , a strombus a white egret (how
> would you tell?) or even a dog(canine domesticana )    just a question,
> weasel