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Claude (hatched September 15, 1995) is an albino alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, California, United States. Claude lacks the pigment melanin , resulting in colorless skin, and he has poor eyesight associated with his albinism.
The shells have an almost yellow colouration and they have pink eyes. For turtles, a pure white colour is nearly impossible, even with albinism. Albino turtles can have a longer lifespan than many other albino animals; their hard shells help to prevent predation and other environmental challenges. Vision and sensory organs are slightly affected ...
The genus Pseudemys includes several species of cooters and red-bellied turtles. Pseudemys concinna is the species known as the river cooter. The name "cooter" may have come from an African word "kuta" which means "turtle" in the Bambara and Malinké languages, brought to America by African slaves.
This turtle must be handled with extreme care and considered potentially dangerous. [20] This species can bite through the handle of a broom and rare cases have been reported in which human fingers have been cleanly bitten off by the species. [24] No human deaths have been reported to have been caused by the alligator snapping turtle. [24]
An Indian photographer captured footage of a rare yellow albino turtle on June 8 shortly after it was rescued by the local West Bengal Forest Department.The images were captured by Sanjay Kamila ...
A volunteer helping pick up trash around a California lake got a surprise when he heard a growl coming from a trash can. ... Leucism is rare in ... Volunteers have in the past rescued turtles. 21 ...
Only one in 10,000 to 20,000 raccoons are born with the albino mutation, according to wildlife experts.The chances of actually seeing one, however, are only one in 750,000.
This list of invertebrates of California lists invertebrate species (animals without a backbone) that are found in the US State of California. This list includes ...