Discoveries of albino animals have a unique ability to capture the public imagination, often leading to flurries of social media and news coverage. (Think Migaloo, the famous white humpback whale.)
The rare albino green turtle is “one in 1,000” and lucky to have been spotted.
This interesting white bird has become a sight to see at the Royal Botanical Gardens Sydney recently, with people believing it to be either a rare white magpie or an entirely new species of bird altogether. But neither would be true.
See the video of a rare albino echidna spotted in Tasmania’s Coles Bay on the Freycinet Peninsula.
Ghostly whales, snowy wallabies and whitewashed peacocks – albinism’s rarity in the wild lends it mystique.