This stunning
giraffe has not been photoshopped, she’s real! Omo, the 15-month-old
beauty whose skin looks as if it was bleached, is suffering from
leucism. It’s a condition that results in a partial loss of
pigmentation.
She was spotted in Tarangire National
Park in Tanzania by Dr Derek Lee, founder and scientist at the Wild
Nature Institute. “Omo appears to get along with the other giraffes, she
has always been seen with a large group of normally coloured giraffe –
they don’t seem to mind her different colouring,” he explained.
“We and our partners are working on
giraffe conservation and anti-poaching to help give Omo and her
relatives a better chance of survival. We hope that she lives a long
life and that some day she has calves of
her own.”
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