[kellyhound]

A villager in Kenya was herding animals one day recently when he came upon a head-turning sight. A ghostly creature with a mighty long neck was grazing off in the distance.

Upon closer inspection, the vision was revealed to be a female reticulated giraffe — tall, majestic and preternaturally white — and she was accompanied by a smaller apparition: a pale baby giraffe.

The sightings in June, in Garissa County near the Ishaqbini Hirola Conservancy, sent the villager scurrying off to tell rangers, the founder of the Hirola Conservation Program said.

Conservationists who hurried to the site managed to capture what is believed to be the first known video footage of white giraffes, said Abdullahi H. Ali, who founded Hirola and has been working to conserve the critically endangered hirola antelope in the eastern part of the country.

“We spent almost 20 minutes with the beautiful animals and had the pleasure of getting close-up photos and video of the duo,” he said.

“To our surprise, one normal color reticulated giraffe also was among the mother and calf. You can actually compare the difference.”

Hirola said: “They were so close and extremely calm and seemed not disturbed by our presence. The mother kept pacing back and forth a few yards in front of us while signaling the baby giraffe to hide behind the bushes.”

The white giraffes displayed the characteristics of a genetic condition known as leucism, which inhibits pigmentation in skin cells, Dr. Ali said.

The condition occurs across the animal kingdom. Birds, lions, fish, peacocks, penguins, eagles, hippos, moose and snakes have all displayed the trait.

[spudigitti]

Told you so innit

[zin0]

That's racist

What's innit mean?

[kellyhound]

Originally Posted by zin0 ↗

What's innit mean?

isn't it (often used in conversation when seeking confirmation or as a general filler).

[FunkPumpkin]

Would everyone please stop calling each other racist? Pretty please?

Please remember that BLM has, by way of their last empowering entitlement, reserves the right to create "racism out of nothing".

[zin0]

Originally Posted by FunkPumpkin ↗

Would everyone please stop calling each other racist? Pretty please?

Please remember that BLM has, by way of their last empowering entitlement, reserves the right to create "racism out of nothing".

I was only kidding lol but i do call one or two people on this site racist because they don't hide it. There's no room for hate in the world, we have enough of that.

[spudigitti]

Innit

[spudigitti]

Animals don't see colour ALM !! (Animal lives matter)
Innit !!

Stand by !!

[Kelseecat65]

They are so cool looking. I hope the Poachers leave them alone.

[BlogZilla]

They're actually an albino breed. Beautiful animals.