Conservation Rangers were left stunned after the discovery of an extremely rare white giraffe and her calf. Rumors had circulated of a white giraffe and her baby in a wildlife conservation park in Kenya, but rangers finally got to see the real thing after they received a tip.
The mother giraffe and her calf have leucism, meaning their skin cells are incapable of making pigment. They are not a pure white and don’t have red/pink eyes, like an albino animal would have.
The giraffes were spotted by the Hirola Conservation Program in Kenya. The group predominantly works to save the world’s most endangered antelope – the hirola – which share the savannahs and open woodlands where the giraffes forage.
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It’s not the first time white giraffes have been spotted in Africa. Omo is a white giraffe who lives in Tarangire National Park in Tanzania. She is leucistic too.
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