White animal world for your Entertainment

Bird watchers are quick to Avebury, near Marlborough, Wiltshire to I hope you take a look at a rare albino jackdaw. Author Andrew Collins was the first to photograph the bird that locals have named Jackie.

According to Wikipedia there is no reported case of a true "albino" horse even though the white horses have been referred to in the literature as albino and some records. All Calls "albino" horses have eyes pigmented, usually brown or blue, and therefore are not true albino. Many albinos mammals, such as mice or rabbits, usually have a layer of white hair, skin discolored and reddish eyes.

Dominant in horses is caused by the absence of pigment cells melanocytes, whereas albino animals have a normal distribution of melanocytes in other animals, patches of unpigmented skin, hair and eyes due to lack of pigment cells (melanocytes) piebaldism called, not partial albinism or albinism. The definition of "albinism" varies depending on whether humans, other mammals or other vertebrates are being discussed.

Despite this, some records still refer to the "albino" horses. For example, the Paso Fino Horse Association registers Cremellos cream and other colors as "albino".