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It seems that the problem of discrimination does not affect only humans. An expedition by marine mammal biologist Vladimir Burkanov spotted a baby albino sea lion that was rejected by the rest of the colony.
“Ugly duckling”, as he was nicknamed, was seen on the island of Tyuleny in the Sea of Okhotsk, Russia. According to a publication in The Universe, the mammal is one month old.
“He appears to be well fed and was very active, so his mother clearly gave him a lot of milk. Other seals don’t pay too much attention to him in a somewhat disturbing way, so something is not quite right with him“Burkanov said when referring to the case.
Albino wolf in danger
Considering that the case is quite rare and that, like all albinos, he has vision problems, scientists will monitor the child’s case. The idea, as they said, is to guarantee their survival.
Their chances of aging and reproducing are low or negative, Vladimir Burkanov said. However, there is a record of one case of a partially albino adult seal. This, in the Severo-Zapadnoe colony on Bering Island.
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