More on albino deer here: http://www.backwoodswisconsin.com/albinobuck.htm
including a video. and another comment: "Albino White-tailed Deer are reported fairly often. Hunters' reports suggest that about one deer in 30,000 is albino, though some of these are not true albinos, they just have a mutation for white hair (their skin and eyes are normally colored). I suspect that the frequency of albino (and otherwise white) deer is increasing because deer have lost most of their natural predators, which normally would have picked off these animals quickly. Albinism is a recessive trait, requiring both parents to carry the gene expressing it. Many more deer carry the gene than express it; that is, many normal-looking deer carry the albino gene. With more albinos surviving to breeding age, the incidence of the gene in the gene pool would increase, but only a little since there are still very few albinos." and: "A sub-race of the white-tailed deer is white - not albino - in colour. The former Seneca Army Depot in Romulus, New York, has the largest known concentration of white deer. Strong conservation efforts have allowed white deer to thrive within the confines of the depot." White-tailed deer are the most dangerous animal in north America. Killing more people every year than any other animal. -- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net P. J. Alling wrote: > They generally don't live that long. > > Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > >>Nice shots. Thanks for posting them. >> >>I have lots of deer in my yards, sometimes as many as 20 or more at a >>time, but I have never seen an albino. >> >>Dan >> >>On 12/12/06, Michael Levy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>>>Very interesting. Where are you located? >>>> >>> >>>East Aurora NY -- 20 miles outside Buffalo >>> >>>-- >>>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>PDML@pdml.net >>>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> >>> >> >> > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
