Unique albino Platypus found in Aussie creek prompts …
2023年11月6日 · The unique platypus she documented is believed to be leucistic, a condition characterised by reduced pigmentation due to environmental or genetic factors.
27 Nov Bloop the White Platypus - UNE Discovery
2023年11月27日 · Albino platypuses have been described in the past, and would have pink beaks, feet, and eyes. While albinism refers to the complete lack of melanin—the natural pigment that gives skin, feathers, hair, and eyes their …
Rare White Platypus Spotted: A Phenomenal Discovery
2025年1月9日 · Streeting and her team embarked on an extensive search of scientific literature, newspapers, and databases, and they found records of only 12 individual albino or atypically …
'Extraordinary' white platypus filmed basking in Aussie creek
2023年11月3日 · Why is the platypus white? Having searched through newspapers and journals, Streeting has only been able to locate 12 records of albino or leucistic platypus since 1835.
Rare white platypus in Gwydir River near Armidale is leucistic ...
2023年11月3日 · A scientist was scouring the waterways of the Northern Tablelands for turtles when she instead made what is believed to be only the 13th sighting of a white platypus in 187 …
Rare white platypus discovered by UNE researchers
A rare white platypus has been discovered living in a stream on the Northern Tablelands of NSW by a group of researchers from the University of New England (UNE). The extraordinary discovery was made during surveys for endangered …
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The earliest record of an albino platypus was a second-hand account published in Bennett (1835, 1860). No date, locality or descriptive information is provided other than a ‘perfectly white’ …
First-of-its-kind white platypus found in Australia: …
2023年11月6日 · After searching archives from newspapers, zoos, wildlife organizations and museums, researchers found that only 12 white platypuses have been documented since 1803 and that Bloop is the first ...
surveys, APC biologists have examined around 1500 platypus without ever encountering an albino or leucistic individual. Only four platypus sighting reports among the more than 4000 …
Rare white platypus spotted in northern NSW
2023年11月1日 · The animal’s fur was bright white, but its feet and bill were dark, suggesting the animal is a leucistic form, with reduced pigmentation, rather than an albino, which would lack pigmentation altogether.
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