On last year’s superlative Tears You Hide Torontian singer-songwriter Jeremie Albino proved himself a talent to be reckoned with His voice is powerful and malleable throughout the album Albino takes these genre-hopping capabilities and his heart-on-the-sleeve intensity to a new level with Our Time in the Sun Over the course of a dozen songs and with the help of Dan Auerbach’s characteristically punchy production “Rolling Down the 405,” fits nicely in the grand tradition of open road songs wedding the swagger and bluesiness of early ’70s Rolling Stones tracks (think “All Down the Line”) with breezy country-rock readymade for blasting in your car with the windows rolled down Albino explores the more overtly soulful sounds in his repertoire “Baby Ain’t it Cold Outside,” “Our Time in the Sun,” and “I Don’t Mind Waiting” allude to Stax and Chess Records releases by Otis Redding and Irma Thomas But Albino and the backing band that includes former Dap-Kings bassist Thomas Brenneck UK funk band The Heliocentrics’ drummer Malcolm Catto imbue the material with an energy and fresh approach that don’t sound or feel like retreads of classic sounds While Albino expertly works within genre conventions Our Time in the Sun is particularly thrilling when he expands his sonic palette Albino and band play with a looseness that makes for some of the most fun to be heard on the album “Give it to me One Last Time” starts out as a relatively straightforward soul number until the outsized catchy chorus and guitar solo that owes more to peak Oasis than anything else Our Time in the Sun concludes with “Hold Tight.” Clocking in at just over two minutes it’s a much subdued contrast to the rest of the material It makes for a pleasant end cap to a fantastic album Jeremie Albino’s Our Time in the Sun will be released Nov By Jim Shahen on June 6 FRESH TRACK: Steve Bardwil Band – “Send ‘Em Love”Check it outSPONSORED BY Steve Bardwil Band There was a time when the Albino Skunk Music Festival was all about bluegrass there was also a time when the entire Skunk Fest audience was just a few of Glynn Zeigler’s friends where the Albino Skunk Music Festival — so named for the elusive ghost-white skunks that roam the 20-acre Greer property — takes place twice a year Skunk Fest attracts thousands and brings some of the best acts in Americana to the Upstate The Spring edition of the Albino Skunk Music Festival kicks off May 7 and the all-volunteer staff will keep things humming through Saturday night Here are a few of this year’s most notable performers Jim Lauderdale: The cosmic cowboy will sneak in a set at the Wednesday-night pre-show before the festival officially begins is one of our best Americana-country songwriters But he’s also a fantastic performer with a gem-filled catalog of his own Kim Richey has built a career on melodic and heartbreaking songs and her albums are master classes on how to craft a tune that sticks with the listener’s mind and heart Mac Arnold and Plate Full O’Blues: What else can we say about Greenville’s own King of the Blues and national treasure Mac Arnold that hasn’t already been said Prepare to feel the blues right down to your toenails and get ready to see Mac’s one-of-a-kind gas-can guitar Paul McDonald and The Mourning Doves: A raw and ragged roots-rock group that blends the rustic feel of The Band with the looseness of prime Rolling Stones The Mourning Doves are led by singer-songwriter-guitarist Paul McDonald a riveting performer with an incisive songwriting eye The Secret Sisters: The group has mixed spellbinding harmonies and acoustic country-folk songs that untangle the thorniest aspects of life Alabama-bred siblings Laura Rogers and Lydia Slagle sing of self-reliance and equanimity diving with hard-won insight into the complexities of motherhood Mystic Vibrations: The Albino Skunk Music Festival wraps up on Saturday night with a set from one of the Southeast’s most popular reggae acts Mystic Vibrations sends the crowd home with a night of easy-skanking grooves Tickets and info: albinoskunk.com Input your search keywords and press Enter the redevelopment of County Square is one of the biggest — and the most important — developments in Greenville’s recent history when you have a small piece of land and it doesn’t work out as intended there’s a lot more at stake,” said Nancy Whitworth the City of Greenville’s deputy city manager “With this site and its sensitivity to the park and downtown The county-owned property is more than 37 acres equivalent in size to downtown Greenville’s core and located within walking distance of Falls Park and the Greenville Health System Swamp Rabbit Trail Its redevelopment is expected to be a billion-dollar the redevelopment of a block of South Main Street across from the Peace Center the mixed-use development at the corner of North Main and Washington streets the master planned urban community on Verdae Boulevard and Laurens Road on land once owned by the late reclusive textile magnate John D at 1,100 acres and $1.5 billion when completed and we’ve got to make sure to get it right,” said Greenville County Council Chairman Butch Kirven County Square was not thought of as a part of Greenville’s downtown But Falls Park opened in 2004 and Fluor Field two years later planning started for the Swamp Rabbit Trail a 22-mile multiuse trail that opened in 2009 Because the former mall that now houses county operations will be torn down the developer and the county have a wonderful opportunity to design from the ground up professor emeritus of city and regional planning at Clemson University and former member of the city’s planning commission and Design Review Board “They have the opportunity to be creative and efficient and make it an important part of Greenville “Any time you double or triple the density of activities it’s going to strain existing capacities,” he said “They’ll have to have other ways to get there so you don’t have to get in a car They’ll need to think 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a.m “The Dedication to a Vision of Hope and Healing” will feature community leaders sharing the story about the creation of the park and plans for the Center for Hope & Healing a space for community celebrations and survivorship programs The ceremony will include recognition of the Greenville Health System and other contributors who made the park possible “The Garden Party,” will be held from 6 p.m The fundraising soiree will feature music by Trey Francis Guests at the party will be able to walk through the park and hear stories about the design and meaning Tickets are $125 and are available at cancersurvivorspark.org/the-garden-party.php Proceeds will benefit the Cancer Survivors Park Alliance’s education programs A free Cancer Survivors Day Celebration will be held at the park from 1 p.m Activities include walking tours of the park A survivors recognition ceremony and photo are set for 2:32 p.m Registration is requested but not required “We are excited to be celebrating a significant milestone — the transformation of a challenged piece of property into a beautiful park We still have much to do as we transition from bricks and mortar to a focus on incorporating the creative features and resources that are the essence of our vision — creating a space for hope and healing,” said Kay Roper executive director of the Cancer Survivors Park Alliance As the functions of parks grow more complex public-private partnerships have increased as a funding source Greenville’s Unity Park is an example of many of the current trends in building urban parks — a greater reliance on public-private partnerships the conversion of postindustrial sites into green space and construction of facilities that accommodate fluctuation in water levels to help water quality and flooding issues “Parks are no longer simply places for recreation That’s why public-private partnerships are so important,” said Catherine Nagel “Really where public-private partnerships shine is that they bring in more resources and skills.” While Greenville has been known for public-private partnerships for downtown development projects such as the Hyatt Mayor Knox White said Unity Park is the city’s first example of a true public-private partnership on a park The city has earmarked $20 million in hospitality tax revenue for the new park over 10 years and wants private partners to contribute another $20 million Separate from the city’s fundraising efforts is one led by Community Journals’ chairman and co-founder Doug Greenlaw to raise money for a veterans memorial in the park Greenlaw is a founder of the Upstate charter of the Military Order of the Purple Heart “Public-private partnerships have become a critical funding tool in the toolbox,” said Kevin O’Hara vice president of urban and government affairs for the National Recreation and Parks Association public-private partnerships are good for parks.” Chicago’s Millennium Park was a result of a public-private partnership Mayor Richard Daley originally proposed construction of a parking garage with a landscaped greenroof on land that had been parkland The original plan financing called for $120 million from parking revenue bonds and $30 million from private resources plans for the park had changed drastically A cycle center provides heated bicycle parking There are outdoor art galleries and a promenade and the Pritzker Pavilion that hosts the Grant Park Musical Festival Underneath the park is a 4,000 space parking garage the park was the Midwest’s most popular tourist attraction There’s a wide range of how park public-private partnerships are structured “There’s a real range of public-private partnership models to consider,” she said “The key is to fit the model to your community Some cities have a strong base of philanthropic organizations City Park would also mirror the trend in other cities where postindustrial sites are turned into parks and green space those sites are on waterfronts and riverfronts areas that some cities turned their backs on and became nasty places to which people didn’t want to go a waterfront cargo yard was turned into one of New York’s signature parks The city redirects real estate taxes from residential and commercial developments in the project zone creating a self-sustaining revenue stream that is far less dependent on concessions and permits for special events than signature parks in other major cities “Parks are helping to revitalize cities and put them on the map,” Nagel said “It’s exciting that those projects are not just happening in the largest cities but in medium and small cities as well.” A northeastern Iowa man and his family spotted what appeared to be two albino deer last weekend Kurt Massimilla and his family were driving back to their Peosta home on March 29 when they spotted the two deer near Sherrill and I thought it was like a white llama or something like that," Massimilla an albino deer,' and just the tone in her voice — she was like a giddy teenager." "It's difficult to say from the video whether it was two albino deer," said Jace Elliott but it could also be leucistic; the differences between the two pigment disorders are difficult to tell without being very close to the animal." A leucistic deer has genetic conditions that reduce pigmentation in their fur More: When is turkey season in Iowa? What to know about Iowa DNR hunting dates and rules Iowans have spotted both albino and piebald deer in the past, including an all white doe spotted in Jasper County in 2020 Piebald deer normally have white and brown coats and colored facial features Albino deer tend to have red or pink eyes and pink noses because albinism How rare are all-white deer in Iowa?White deer in Iowa are rare, Elliot said. All-white deer make up less than 1% of the deer population in Iowa, or as few as one out of every 30,000 deer, the Iowa City Press-Citizen reported in 2020. Two white deer were previously spotted together outside West Union in northeast Iowa in June 2023. it's common to find more than one in that area because it's a heritable trait so it's likely an all-white deer will pass on their pigmentation trait to their offspring," he said Where are all-white deer usually spotted in Iowa?Elliot said the DNR gets several reports of white deer annually across the state He said eastern Iowa tends to be where all white deer get reported the most "Jones County has been a spot that we've gotten a lot of reports in the past," he said The Anamosa region has a known population of white deer along the Wapsipinicon River." A 1987 Iowa law prevents hunters from killing deer with coats more than 50% white Des Moines Register reporter Philip Joens contributed to this report Cooper Worth is a service/trending reporter for the Des Moines Register Reach him at cworth@gannett.com or follow him on X @CooperAWorth A rare albino deer was spotted Saturday evening in Raleigh WRAL viewer Gary Delallo said he spotted the deer around 6:30 p.m Delallo said he and his family were enjoying their time outside when a herd of deer Delallo told WRAL News he thought it was a dog at first thought it was like seeing a unicorn,” he said “It was just a truly magical moment watching it emerge and walk around like it was Albino deer lack pigmentation and have a completely white hide and pink eyes According to North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, only one in 30,000 deer suffer from albinism. With an estimated 1 million deer in the state, it means only 33 deer would have albinism. In 2024, a family in Person County reported seeing three white deer Animals with albinism can have vision problems we proudly recognize 18-year-old Azul Albino as Senior of the Week—and it’s easy to see why Azul has stood out for her academic dedication and commitment to giving back to her community A straight-A student since her freshman year Azul is not only excelling in the classroom but also balancing an impressive list of extracurriculars and currently serves as Treasurer of the Rotary Club Some of those organizations require service hours—over 30 hours of community service—a commitment Azul takes seriously “I’ve gotten a lot better at time management,” she said “Last year was harder because I had more classes but this year I’ve had better opportunities to plan my time.” With all A’s and a thoughtful approach to studying—often working in groups with classmates—Azul has her sights set on a bright future “It’s important for me to make good grades to make myself proud and to make my family proud too,” she said “I want colleges to see that I’m dedicated and that I don’t slack in my classes.” Born in Brownsville but a Port Isabel student since elementary school Azul is blazing a trail as a first-generation college student and she’s determined to honor their sacrifices and I especially want to make them proud,” she said Her little brother already looks up to her and she hopes to set an example he can follow Azul has already been accepted to the University of Texas at Austin where she’ll attend the College of Natural Sciences she plans to get a job to begin saving for her college journey She credits the Upward Bound program at her school for helping her navigate the college application process “There aren’t a lot of college prep programs in the district so Upward Bound made a big difference for me,” she said “They provide tutoring and college readiness workshops which helped a lot since my family didn’t know much about the college process.” She’s especially grateful to her counselor “She helped me stay on track and made sure I had what I needed to succeed.” When asked what advice she’d give to younger students Azul gave a wise response: “Think of the future it’s going to work out at the end,” she said “And take advantage of the resources the district does have—you might not get a second chance.” The PRESS newspaper is proud to celebrate students like Azul Albino—determined and ready to lead the next generation with strength and purpose Permanent link to this article: https://www.portisabelsouthpadre.com/2025/04/17/port-isabels-senior-of-the-week-azul-albino-setting-bar-high/ Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. 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Snowball was one of fewer than 100 known white alligators in the world The species has a low survival rate in the wild due to a lack of camouflage and sensitivity to UV rays Snowball, and his female companion Snowflake, another rare albino alligator, moved into their permanent home at the Newport Aquarium's Gator Alley in 2014 Each gator was roughly six feet in length when they arrived at the aquarium Snowflake weighed approximately 65 pounds and Snowball weighed nearly 85 pounds "Our thoughts are with the animal care and guest experience teams who knew him best as they’ve lost a close friend," the post reads Bring the Adventure Home | 1871 Club Print Membership Now Only $35 - Delivered Right to Your Door, Subscribe Today Those slim odds lined up for bowhunter Kirk Washington three years ago when he got his first glimpse of an elusive all-white buck in northern Kentucky late last month—after three seasons of dedicated scouting and all-day sits—Washington finally arrowed the deer at a distance of just 30 yards Here's the full story of his unlikely hunt Washington is a professional archer from Missouri He says he passed on multiple trophy-class deer over the years while holding out for the albino buck "I had 34 encounters with him over those three seasons but he's the smartest deer I've ever hunted I think that's what kept him alive all these years," he tells F&S "This was my ninth trip to Kentucky this season I have three spots where I hunt him regularly but he hadn't shown up for six weeks; and I had a limited number of days to hunt before I had to get back home." Washington didn't have any encounters during his first two hunts of the trip one of his cameras snapped a picture of the albino buck moving through a piece of bottomland "At that point I had four days left in my trip and I decided on all-day sits to cause less intrusion from walking in and out of the stand," he says "When I went out on the morning of Dec The front brought 30 mile-per-hour wind gusts and sideways rain Washington had been in the stand for about two hours when the white buck appeared on a hillside nearby "He was working a scent trail like I've seen him do in the past He dropped behind the hill but eventually got on a ridge top that led into the bottom where my stand was positioned," he recalls "He was with a younger buck that he seemed to be using as a lookout and they fed there for about 50 minutes—slowly working toward me until they were just 30 yards from my stand the albino gave me the shot I was looking for." the deer ran off and bedded down about 70 yards from Washington's stand still highly visible thanks to its all-white coat shooting the buck again is it tried to regain its footing The whole thing was just an amazing experience from start to finish," says Washington who's planning a full-body mount of the rare buck jumping over a split rail fence Read Next: New Pending World Record Elk Taken by Well-Known Archer Casey Brooks © 2024 Field & Stream All rights reserved. 2025The albino wallaby was rescued by the RSPCA and placed in care The “odd” discovery of a rare albino wallaby in thorny bushes in the United Kingdom — on the opposite side of the world from its native land — has led to a search for answers A member of the public came across the injured Australian marsupial near Dover The male white wallaby had blood in its nose and back legs and was in poor health It was believed to have been sitting in that spot “for a couple of hours” “I gave him some water but it was clear he needed veterinary attention,” Baker told Kent Live “As we couldn’t get a vet to attend we lent on the expertise of our specialist CAST team who provided guidance on how to pick up the wallaby correctly by supporting the tail and chest “He was then placed in a kennel and taken to a local vet’s for a check-up “The following day I transferred him to a local private boarding establishment where he is currently being monitored.” The Australian marsupial was found in thorny bushes Baker said it was odd that the wallaby was loose in that area as there had been reports that a wallaby was caught last Friday near Dover There were some reports that the albino wallaby was someone’s pet and had first been caught last Friday after social media alerts and posters went up it may also have been an escapee from a local wildlife park dailyBaker said the RSPCA needed to speak to the wallaby’s owner “We would like to speak to them as we need to establish how and where this wallaby is being kept,” he said “If the owner doesn’t come forward within 14 days then we will rehome the animal into a suitable environment.” An RSPCA spokesperson said: “It is possible this wallaby is lost from or has escaped from a private property “They are not a native species and releasing one into the wild is an offence under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.” The search is underway for the wallaby’s owner Wallabies are known to exist in the British countryside according to a University of South Wales and University College Dublin study in 2020 Most of the wallabies are red-necked wallabies and have been present in the UK for more than 100 years They were originally imported for zoos and private collections and some managed to escape and survive or were intentionally released during WWII “Wild wallabies continue to be recorded across Britain…with the occasional sighting in a garden or along a motorway making local and sometimes national news,” said the report’s authors There is also a colony of white wallabies on Bruny Island that have thrived due to the lack of predators A new SA podcast is here to help you feel a little more confident – and a lot less alone – about how you parent SponsoredWhat’s happening in SA: May editionForget autumn hibernation – May’s here with drag queens Autumn in Adelaide has never looked so good SponsoredFrom bushrangers to bribes: SA history has never been this bizarreFrom killer camels to trampoline sex scandals Dan and Tom from podcast AdeLOL explain why South Australia’s hidden history is stranger than fiction Catch all the fun at this year’s History Festival SponsoredWorld-first AI breakthrough helps SA hospitalsSouth Australia’s latest medical game-changer isn’t a new pill – it’s an AI system built by two young Adelaide doctors that’s helping free up beds in our hospitals InDaily South Australia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of country throughout South Australia and recognises their continuing connection to land, waters and culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging. Please select what you would like included for printing: Copy the text below and then paste that into your favorite email application Albino Christopher "Pempi" Lerma He is survived by his loving wife; Celia Lerma He will be greatly missed by all who knew him A Visitation will be from 4:00 to 8:00 PM with a Vigil/Rosary at 6:00 PM 2024 at Our Lady of the Light Catholic Church A Graveside Service will follow at 1:30 PM at Evergreen East Cemetery.  Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors the California Academy of Sciences' famed albino alligator launches Friday morning as part of Academy Day Thought to be one of only fifty of his kind in the world Claude the albino alligator is about to become YouTube famous The Academy of Sciences' longtime attraction who has an entire swamp grotto to himself (along with three snapping turtles) Claude's live webcam feed goes live on the museum's YouTube channel Friday morning The livestream is being presented by Anthropic (they named their AI assistant Claude), and the launch coincides with Academy Day at the Academy of Sciences There will also be a talk about Claude at 10:30 am with an Academy scientist who knows him well "While Claude is well known for his long stretches of stillness the webcam will give eagle-eyed viewers the opportunity to catch him in the act of swimming "I’m thrilled we can help bring Claude the alligator — everyone’s favorite Cal Academy resident — to families everywhere through the new live webcam,” says Daniela Amodei "Growing up in San Francisco sparked my love of science and today the California Academy of Sciences continues to ignite that same excitement for new generations of curious minds Anthropic has pledged ongoing support to the maintenance of Claude's freshwater enclosure Academy Day celebrates the 172nd anniversary of the Academy of Sciences which was founded in 1853 as a society of scientists almost as soon as the city of San Francisco was founded With this year's celebration, they are launching a new donor collective called Regeneration Circle which will help the Academy in its mission to regenerate the natural world "We’re tackling the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss through innovative programs that breed endangered species and advocate for urban nature," the Academy says Kids who are fans of the PBS series Dinosaur Train will have a chance to meet Buddy as well as paleontologist and Academy of Sciences Executive Director Scott Sampson the generosity of our community has enabled us to spark awe and wonder among curious visitors.. As we face pressing challenges like climate change and species losses the Regeneration Circle is designed to catalyze people of all ages Academy Day attendance is pay-what-you-wish — "while supplies last" — and features a Science Fair all day in the museum's piazza The San Francisco Conservatory of Music Jazz Trio will also be providing musical entertinment on the councourse from 9 am to 11 am For adults who have jobs to deal with on Friday, there is a separate Academy NightLife celebration tonight and there will be "mystery" gift bags with prizes from the Golden State Warriors and other items like future NightLife tickets Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao’s romantic partner Andre Jones is accused of taking a $95,000 no-show job from Thao’s big-bucks donors But newly released documents say he showed up plenty on high-price junkets to Vietnam and the SXSW festival A dead body was found in the backseat of a car parked on the shoulder of 101 in San Mateo; a man was shot in an armed robbery in Oakland's Montclair neighborhood; and VTA train service returns today Get the latest posts delivered right to your inbox Barmann is a fiction writer and web editor who's lived in San Francisco for 20+ years Get all the latest & greatest posts delivered straight to your inbox THIS is the moment an incredibly rare white killer whale was spotted gliding through the ocean - delighting a wildlife photographer Scientists say the animal has a "glowing mutation" which creates the striking white appearance Photographer Noriyuki Hayakawa had the magical encounter off the coast of Japan's volcanic island Hokkaido The majestic creature can be seen swimming in a pod of at least five ordinary orcas It repeatedly swoops up out of the water before crashing back down into the ocean And the ghostly appearance means it really stands out amongst its pals While majestic to observe, albino whales are incredibly rare. Although easy to spot if swimming with the rest of a pod, the chances of spotting one are exceptionally slim. Their distinctive white colour is what sets them apart from the rest of their species. Erich Hoyt, a research fellow at Whale and Dolphin Conservation in the UK, previously told Sky News that "fewer than 1 in 10,000 humpback individuals" are likely to be affected by this. Hayakawa, 64, a freelance photographer based in Sapporo, has spent the past 15 years documenting the orca population around Japan. But nothing prepared him for unique experience on a tourist boat in the frigid northern waters. Hayakawa said: "My legs were shaking with excitement. they swim fast and only surface for a moment." The white orca was first spotted by another nearby tourist vessel which radioed Hayakawa’s boat and encouraged them to approach as Hayakawa hadn’t set out that day specifically looking for the rare creature A small group of three white orcas is known to have popped up in the region Scientists still don't fully understand which condition causes the colouring - but believe the animal is is either an albino or leucistic orca This marks the first time Hayakawa personally encountered one “I’ve spent over a decade photographing orcas and this is the first white one I’ve ever seen "I hope as many people as possible get to see it and appreciate how rare and beautiful these animals are." By subscribing, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy Partnering up once again, Albino & Preto is set to unveil a new footwear collaboration with Padmore & Barnes Aptly named A&PWW01 Padmore & Barnes Sport Boot the new model draws inspiration from European hiking boots that were intended to conquer the rugged terrains and peaks of Mont Blanc and the Italian Dolomites From its build to composition and overall design the boot also pays homage to Albino & Preto’s jiu-jitsu roots The upper is crafted from a mix of plush suede while the tongue showcases co-branded insignia on the center taping Highlighted accents on the tongue and heel boast a pearl weave fabrication please first agree to the privacy policy below.Taipei April 28 (CNA) A rare albino spinner dolphin was spotted in the waters off Yilan County in northeastern Taiwan on Sunday according to a whale-watching tour operator "This is the first time I've seen an albino spinner dolphin in over a decade!" the company the exceptionally white creature was swimming among a pod of hundreds of spinner dolphins near Guishan Island The mammal appeared not to be fully grown and was swimming next to a larger female said that albinism in animals occurs at a rate of about one in 30,000 Passengers aboard the tour boat who saw the albino dolphin expressed amazement and said they were "extremely lucky," according to the company Spotting an albino squirrel on UT's campus may be good luck all-white dumpster diver was seen in College Station living up to its nickname by — you guessed it — digging through trash near an unnamed car dealership People are also reading: 1-in-a-million white bison calf born at Yellowstone hasn't been seen since early June, park says were shared on X by KBTX-TV news anchor Rusty Surette "You have better odds of being struck by lightning than seeing an Albino raccoon," Surette wrote What is albinism?Animals, humans and nonhumans alike, can have albinism. The recognizable all-white features are caused by a partial or complete loss of pigmentation, according to National Geographic: Albinism in mammals "occurs when an individual inherits one or more mutated genes from both parents that interfere with the body’s production of melanin, the main pigment that determines the color of skin, fur, and eyes." Nonmammals can still be albino but may not appear fully white More albino news: Rare white moose spotted crossing the road in Alberta, Canada: Watch video Aside from the genetic requirement for albinism the disease is also rare because it often makes survival difficult Animals with albinism are more likely to have poor eyesight hindering their ability to find food and detect potential predators Albino animals are also more vulnerable to predators because they are unable to adequately camouflage Since most natural environments have dark-colored surroundings animals with albinism often stick out and are easily spotted It's not only natural predators that target animals with albinism the rarity of albino animals makes them more desirable for poachers and trophy hunters Get the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app. Learn More Kentucky — The Newport Aquarium announced in a social media post that their rare albino alligator A post shared by Newport Aquarium (@newport_aquarium) The aquarium states that there are fewer than 100 of these species known to exist. Their color does not allow for camouflage, and they are sensitive to UV rays. “Our thoughts are with the animal care and guest experience teams who knew him best, as they’ve lost a close friend,” the post reads. Sign in The concept “dark comets” is an oxymoron because a comet is identified visually by its coma The new nomenclature resembles calling animals without stripes “unstriped zebras” We all know of many animals that could fall into this category Light sails or spacecraft propelled by engines that do not release exhaust gas would also be cataloged as dark comets in the same way that elephants can be called unstriped zebras It is also clear that if the modeling of the motion of objects did not include an important non-gravitational effect or relevant post-Newtonian corrections offered by Einstein’s General Relativity then the experts would deduce the existence of dark comets the anomalous acceleration has nothing to do with the rocket effect due to an invisible cometary evaporation it reflects a residual acceleration that was not accounted for in describing the dynamics of the object Some of the dark comets exhibit residual accelerations with a fractional amplitude comparable to the square of their speed relative to the speed of light as expected from General Relativistic corrections to Newtonian dynamics Before Einstein offered General Relativity the anomalous precession of the perihelion of Mercury was recognized in 1859 as a problem in Newtonian mechanics by Urbain Le Verrier who suggested that another hypothetical planet might exist The brilliant playwright Josh Ravetch told me that the actress Stefanie Powers, who was once married to the actor William Holden, continues to manage the William Holden Wildlife Foundation in Kenya, which hosts an albino zebra I noted that one can still see the faint stripes in an albino zebra there is no visible coma which is the defining signature of comets so why is it justified to label them as comets A more accurate label would be “anomalously accelerating objects” cataloging a new class of unidentified objects as `anomalous’ would suggest that comet experts may have missed something entirely new Labeling them dark comets provides psychological peace of mind implying that these anomalous objects are actually familiar Anomalies create a cognitive dissonance for experts The mental tension is relieved by associating the anomalous entities with a new category of familiar entities Quasicrystals were considered impossible in traditional solid-state textbooks the albino zebra would look like a normal zebra if its stripes were darkened which could be traced as gravitational lenses that brighten temporarily background stars stellar remnants were ruled out as the source of dark matter in the halo of the Milky-Way galaxy As this dark matter example illustrates, the mainstream tendency to label anomalous entities as a new category of known entities does not get rid of these anomalies if new data rules out conventional interpretations. As Shakespeare reasoned in the play Romeo and Juliet: “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” In the context of science this statement can be rephrased as follows: “An anomaly by any other name would remain as intriguing.” In order to overcome the smoke screen of labels invented by experts to hide anomalies as familiar objects, we need better data. Gladly, additional interstellar objects from the class of `Oumuamua could be discovered by the new 3.2 gigapixel camera of the Rubin observatory in Chile Here’s hoping that some of the exquisitely monitored objects will exceed the limited imagination of comet experts A wealth of scientific data offers the privilege of learning something truly new See all responsesHelp the collaboration – which has been a long-anticipated drop from the Albino & Preto team – is rooted in the similarities between skateboarding and jiu jitsu specifically tapping into the shared “grit and toughness” prominent in both sports’ mentalities Complete with training gear for both “gi” and “no-gi” fighters the drop also consists of more casual hoodies Jeremie Albino's career began as a teenager busking in his hometown of Toronto where the singer quickly fell in love with performing and connecting with those who would stop to listen While singing and performing always came very naturally to Albino connecting with songwriting was much more difficult That shifted when he signed with Easy Eye Sound for his first release on the label and fourth solo album Producer Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys connected Albino with some of Nashville’s premier songwriters to guide him through the process He went from writing four to five songs in a year to four to five songs in a day On his Bandcamp page “I feel like I grew so much just being in a room with those guys and I’m jazzed because it shows in the songs." Backed by a Stax-like rhythm section including former Dap-Kings bassist Thomas Bernneck funk band The Heliocentrics’ drummer Malcolm Catto the songs are steeped in soulful Americana The album kicks off with soul number "I Don’t Mind Waiting" that starts off like an Otis Redding ballad and builds into a horn-infused love song sexy number while "Baby Ain’t It Cold Outside" channels a more contemporary Nathaniel Rateliff style of soul "Rolling down the 405" was the first song recorded for this album — a song with a driving rhythm that set the tone for the whole record "Dinner Bell" is swampy blues at its best with a seething guitar solo from Auerbach Albino has created a seamless collection of songs worthy of a full listen or five There’s quiet optimism that gene-edited ‘Peter Pan’ tadpoles could help control one of the world’s worst invasive species Could it be key to combating Australia’s cane toad menace?There’s quiet optimism that gene-edited ‘Peter Pan’ tadpoles could help control one of the world’s worst invasive species its warty and poison-soaked skin – normally splodged in browns – instead a porridge of creamy whites This albino toad was produced by a team of scientists with one foot in a Sydney university laboratory and the other in a research station on the vast tropical savannahs and wetlands far away to the north near Humpty Doo It was September 2023 and for the man who dreamed it into being the toad was but an opening act in a radical new play against one of the world’s worst invasive species The molecular biologist Maciej Maselko was stunned by how quickly the team was able to successfully inject a cane toad egg with a mixture of proteins and RNA to knock out a gene needed for pigmentation “I was astonished,” the Macquarie University associate professor says but we got – within a few months – as far as I hoped we would get within one of our very first attempts at genetically engineering the cane toads worked.” This, however, was just stage one in the plan put to Maselko – meant only to prove “the capabilities necessary” for stage two. Because the injected tadpoles, normally jet black, were instead pure white, it was immediately obvious that the scientists could, indeed, use Crispr-Cas9 gene-editing technology on cane toads Cane toads will literally breed in a puddleProf Rob CaponWhat they would produce next was a tadpole that – should eggs dream – would belong to a cane toad’s most diabolical of nightmares They called it Peter Pan – and it was a “super cannibal” But while Maselko and the likes of post-doctoral researcher Michael Clark brought the genetic engineering expertise needed to execute the plan it was not one of which they had conceived Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads That year he also won the New South Wales scientist of the year award for developing pheromone traps that lure cane toad tadpoles using the toad’s own poison “The Peter Pan approach is definitely [Shine’s] baby,” Maselko says By knocking out a single gene in toad eggs the scientists produced hatchlings unable to metamorphose beyond tadpoles hence their likening to the boy who wouldn’t grow up Evolutionary biologist and ecologist Rick Shine hopes his ‘Peter Pan’ approach could help control the cane toad’s spread. Photograph: Terri ShineSo how does this tale turn from fantasy to – for a cane toad at least – horror? The answer lies in its brief but storied Australian history. The cane toad was introduced in 1935 in an effort to stop native beetles devastating sugar cane crops. An utter failure as a biological control, it was spectacularly successful as an invasive species. The toads now number more than 200 million, having conquered the entire east coast of Queensland, swept across the tropical north, and are now marching down Australia’s west coast. Along the way they have devastated big predators naive to their deadly toxins, from lizards more than 1 metre long to freshwater crocodiles, marsupial carnivores to king brown snakes. Read more“The history of biocontrol is littered with failures,” Shine says “But the introduction of cane toads to Australia is one of the classic examples of a truly stupid decision.” Shine has spent time in the toad’s native South American range kept in check by parasites and co-evolved predators Largely freed of these population checks in Australia it thrives in such “fantastic abundance” that a cane toad’s greatest threat to its growing up is tens of thousands of other rival cane toads “If you are a cane toad tadpole and a female toad comes along and lays 20,000 eggs in your little pond there are going to be 20,000 hungry mouths all trying to eat exactly the same stuff that you need,” Shine says the ecologist and his team learned Australian tadpoles have responded by becoming irresistibly attracted to the scent of cane toad eggs which they devour before the competition can hatch “We’ve discovered that the toads have evolved to be voracious cannibals in the course of their Australian invasion,” he says 99% of cane toad eggs are eaten in ponds that already have tadpoles – meaning eggs have next to no chance of survival until those tadpoles metamorphose and leave But would the Peter Pans share that taste for toad egg? Shine and his wife, Terri, address this question on a website they run to document the work “To our delight they are super cannibals – they eat about four times as many eggs as a normal tadpole,” they say on the site A Peter Pan cane toad tadpole eating newly laid toad eggs. Photograph: Etienne LittlefairShine says that unable to transform into toads, his Peter Pans grow larger and exist as tadpoles for as long as three months, as opposed to – under ideal conditions – fewer than three weeks. Which means that if Peter Pans were put into a pond, they might eat just about every single egg laid in it for an entire breeding season. Then, unable to metamorphose, they too would die. Much work remains before any “widescale deployment in the field” of gene-edited tadpoles. The team must master mass producing Peter Pans, assess their impacts, publish results and earn a social licence. To that end, Shine insists, the Peter Pan “is no Franken-toad”. Maselko stresses that the tadpoles are not produced by crossing genes from different species – transgenics – but simply by disrupting a gene already present in their DNA. “Peter Pan tadpoles are really exciting because all you’re doing is releasing some organisms into the wild that are sterile … [and have] mutations that will happen in the wild, naturally, anyway,” he says. Read moreThe University of Queensland’s Prof Rob Capon worked for about a decade with Shine to develop the cane toad tadpole traps now being rolled out around the country the organic chemist applauds Shine and his collaborators for “having the imagination to try” what is “a technical achievement in its own right” But – given the “imponderable cascade” of effects that can occur when interfering with an ecosystem – he says Shine’s team must prove that releasing Peter Pans into the wild would bring benefits that outweigh any risks And Capon tempers any expectation that the cane toad can ever be eradicated Getting a Peter Pan tadpole in every water body in northern Australia “Cane toads will literally breed in a puddle,” Capon says No one is more aware of the scale of the cane toad challenge than Shine he hopes to have “very convincing data” behind his Peter Pans Shine is permitting himself a rare sensation in the fight against invasive species in Australia We don’t run into those mistakes that people get by hurtling in and playing God with ecosystems.” Divers off Makaha on Oahu were treated to an incredibly rare sight on March 28 when they saw a potential pygmy albino blackfish whale known outside of Hawaii as either false killer whales or short-finned pilot whales “[The Blackfish is] one of four species that we call Blackfish because they’re all kind of black in color and hard to distinguish,” said Dr assistant professor at Hawaii Pacific University “Based on the shape of the fin and the white lips Although the false killer whales have skull shapes that closely resemble that of an orca which is why seeing a white one in a pod was so surprising “We noticed there was a white baby with them,” Travis Woo, a safety diver with Iruka Hawaii Dolphin Snorkeling Tours, told KHON2 News According to KHON2, an albino whale of any species has never been seen off Hawaii It’s possible that this calf is leucistic which is a genetic condition where some or all of the whale’s cells don’t produce melanin where there is a complete absence of melanin Albino animals generally have white or pink eyes but there’s really only two ways to confirm that,” Pacific Whale Foundation Chief Scientist Jens Currie explained “One is to do genetic sampling and look for that mutation that would cause a lack of pigmentation and lack of melanin production you can examine the eyes of those individuals and the lack of color in their eyes makes them appear pink.” According to The Cascadia Research Institute white whale calves would have a hard time reaching adulthood They said that this particular calf looks to have sunburns and blistering they go and hunt kind of far off shore and we don’t see them that often but we’re seeing them hanging in closer to shore trying to guard this calf,” Woo said We’re all rooting for it and hopefully it makes it Beautiful, Blue-Eyed Babes! 35 Dog Breeds With Blue Eyes 11 Hairless (and Partially Hairless) Cat Breeds Why Is My Dog Shaking? From Over-Excitement to Medical Issues, Experts Break Down the Reasons Dogs Tremble BirdsAll BirdsCockatooChickenParrotThe 150 Best Bird Names Best Pet Chicken Breeds for Beginners (& Those to Avoid) Home/Pet NewsRare Albino Doberman Looks like a Gorgeous Ghost Dog and People Can’t Believe ItThis Albino Doberman is downright stunning If you're purchasing a dog from a breeder because you can't find the dog you want at a breed specific rescue then you owe it to all dogs everywhere do your research on the breeder to make sure they are an ethical one Albino and white Dobermans aren't breed standard and there are a whole lot of talking points around these dogs Albino dogs are pretty rare because most breeders concerned with health issues avoid producing them They have light cream to white fur and light blue to almost white eyes There’s no exact such thing as an albino dog breed but albino dogs are found more often in some breeds than others There's no proof that they are more prone to deafness than other dogs but they do have their own set of health problems including vision and skin problems We can sit here and discuss all the live long day about the ethics of white or albino Dobermans but first let's meet one of these beautiful dogs We’re unable to load this content right now View directly on TikTok TikTok user @Carlotayromina uploaded the video to their account and everyone's commenting on this Doberman's rare coloring “The most beautiful Doberman I have ever seen.” Another added “Most people don't know how rare this is.” Someone else said this is the most staggeringly eye-catching dog I have ever seen.” Doesn't an Albino Doberman have a ton of health issues?” View directly on TikTok The Doberman Pinscher Club of America explains Albino Dobermans as “The first spontaneously born albino Doberman was born in November 10 Her name was Padula’s Queen Sheba (“Sheba”) albinism in animals is caused by a lack of pigmentation (melanin) in the body Melanin is responsible for the coloration of skin If an animal is born with an inability to produce pigmentation This condition is caused when a recessive gene from each parent is passed on to the offspring.Since Sheba was born with albinism we can conclude that Sheba’s sire (Rasputin VI WD278225) both carried the same homozygous recessive gene It is also important to note that all albino Dobermans purposefully-bred since then 🐶 SIGN UP to get “pawsitivity” delivered right to your inbox with inspiring & entertaining stories about our furry & feathered friends🐾🐾 This is where the whole conversation about breeding standards and unethical breeders gets tricky because if someone doesn't buy an albino from a breeder but they give a pup-in-need a home and take the dog to the veterinarian to keep track of any health issues then it's hard to fault anyone giving a pup a home Most people know it's always better to adopt, don't shop, and if you do purchase a dog from a breeder to do so from an ethical one, but if someone adopts a shelter dog that once came from a backyard breeder? Those dogs deserve a loving home, too. The dog in this clip is such a stunning pup with absolutely stunning eyes, and it's always such a treat to get to see these rare breeds on video. I'll bet her pet parents get stopped all the time with questions about her! I know I'd be asking if she was okay to pet! LLC and respective content providers on this website Other product and company names shown may be trademarks of their respective owners LLC and respective content providers to this website may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website Share on FacebookShare on X (formerly Twitter)Share on PinterestShare on LinkedInMONROE, La. (KNOE) - Meet Ghost! He’s an albino eastern hognose snake at the Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo in Monroe This species can be found in the eastern U.S the nose kind of looks like a pig face it turns up like a pig snout and what they use that upturned snout for is to help burrow in the sand,” explains zookeeper Garret Cole He says they look for food sources throughout the day and then find shelter in the dirt nearby opossums don’t play dead for very long these guys can play dead for eight hours and they even go as far as laying upside down and sticking their tongue out,” says Cole “And when they do that they emit a musky smell that smells like death.” so they pose no threat to humans and they’re rear-fanged so the only way they could get that venom into you is to chew,” says Cole “And as long as you’re not allergic to bees and wasps the most you may feel is itching for eight weeks.” He says they’re known as heavy-bodied snakes meaning they move differently than other snakes While construction continues on the new Louisiana Purchase Exhibit you can request some reptiles at educational programs or birthday parties or you might just see one at the zoo when staff are taking them on a stroll construction crews believe the new exhibit will be open sometime this spring You can also volunteer with the zoo. Contact the Louisiana Purchase Zoological Society through their Facebook page The zoo is open every day of the week from 10 a.m Click here for a breakdown of their prices Kelly Daniels and her husband experienced a rare wildlife sighting while driving near their home in East Troy As they were driving along Highway J around 8 p.m. Daniels said she spotted something bright white munching on grass behind a brush pile just off the road Daniels and her husband turned their car around and stopped to look at the deer which she said remained there for about 45 minutes as they observed it from their vehicle Daniels said she's seen white does in the area near Mukwonago's Elegant Farmer bakery and market for about a decade "It was just so beautiful to see," she said you can tell it's old because of its antlers and we were lucky enough to catch it on camera." How rare are white deer?There are two reasons a deer could appear all-white: either the animal has albinism, a condition that leaves it completely absent of body pigment meaning it's entirely white with pink eyes, nose and hooves; or the deer is "piebald," meaning it's mostly or partially white with some brown hair. According to WorldDeer.org piebalds can range from nearly all-white with a few brown spots to mostly brown with some white patches Daniels said she was too far from the buck to determine whether it was albino or piebald Both piebaldness and albinism are caused by recessive genes affecting less than 2% of white-tailed deer while albinism affects less than 1 in 20,000 ― or 0.005% of the population It is illegal to hunt, kill or possess albino deer or deer that are all-white or almost all white except for "the tarsal glands, head or parts of the head," without written authorization from the Department of Natural Resources, Wisconsin law states This means all albino and some piebald deer are protected A man who was abducted as a boy more than 70 years ago from a California park recently reunited with his family who worked with investigators to discover him living on the East Coast Luis Armando Albino was 6 years old in 1951 when a woman lured him with candy to kidnap him from a park in West Oakland where he was playing with his older brother. The Mercury News, based in San Jose, was the first to report on Saturday that Working on a hunch from an online ancestry test scoured the internet and old newspaper archives for signs of her uncle before taking her tip to law enforcement After Albino was found living on the East Coast – officials didn't say where – the retired firefighter and Marine Corps veteran who served in Vietnam flew to California to reunite with his brother and other family members “I’m so happy that I was able to do this for my mom and (uncle)," Alequin told the outlet Albino abducted from park in 1951Albino's mother had brought him and five of his siblings from Puerto Rico to Oakland the summer before his abduction according to coverage by the Oakland Tribune at the time she abducted Albino and flew him to the East Coast where officials now have learned that he ended up with a couple who raised him as if he were their own son "She had hope she would see him," Alequin told the Mercury News." "She never gave up that hope.” Niece starts search after DNA matchAlequin took an online ancestry test in 2020 requiring a DNA sample that gave a 22% match to a man who eventually turned out to be her uncle she didn’t make the connection that it could be him she and her daughters began searching the internet and reading through old newspaper clippings to determine if the man could be her long-lost uncle With the help of law enforcement – including the FBI and state Department of Justice – Alequin persisted in her search until investigators tracked her uncle to the East Coast Oakland police acknowledged to the Mercury News that Alequin’s efforts “played an integral role in finding her uncle” and that “the outcome of this story is what we strive for.” USA TODAY left a message Monday morning for Oakland police that was not immediately returned provided a DNA sample to law enforcement that confirmed his identity Alequin learned of the happy news in June when investigators visited her mother's house to share the discovery Albino came to Oakland for a joyful visit with his family and to meet Alequin Alequin told the Mercury News that her uncle “hugged me and said ‘Thank you for finding me’ and gave me a kiss on the cheek.” “All this time the family kept thinking of him,” Alequin told the outlet Albino also traveled to Stanislaus County in the San Joaquin Valley to visit his older brother Roger who was with him on that fateful day in 1951 The brothers bonded over their military service and their childhood had some vague memories of the abduction and his trip to the East Coast Albino soon returned to the East Coast before another visit in July “I think he died happily,” Alequin told the Mercury News Eric Lagatta covers breaking and trending news for USA TODAY nicknamed “Elsa,” is a 5-year-old girl from China’s eastern Anhui province who has albinism an inherited condition that presents in extremely light skin To help her daughter live a confident life and educate the public about the condition Sun’s mother takes every opportunity to place her among crowds even encouraging her to take center stage at a fashion show she spotted a female cosplayer with white hair When we go to get new glasses or to the hospital Elsa will occasionally meet other albino children but she had never seen an adult with that kind of white hair before we met a man in a white wig who was cosplaying as Kaveh a character from the mobile video game Genshin Impact He got off the subway and took a photo of us while I was taking a picture of my daughter and the female cosplayer There are many people with hair like yours at comic conventions I made a note of the address of the convention using my cellphone I used to find it odd seeing cosplayers on the subway wondering how they could go out dressed like that There are also many people with white hair White hair is also very beautiful.” She answered happily “Yes!” I wanted her to feel confident there she was too shy to approach people; she’d just tilt her head to look at them cautiously many people began to ask to take a photo with her My daughter paid close attention to women with white hair I saw one cosplayer dressed as Queen Elsa from the Disney movie “Frozen,” whom my Elsa is nicknamed after A video of my daughter at the convention also became widely popular online and I wish now I’d taken more photos with them I also understood why so many people love such conventions as my daughter received many compliments and recognition “Your daughter is so cute,” I encouraged her to thank them herself No one refused my daughter’s request to take a photo; they were all enthusiastic No one inquired about Elsa’s condition either and they thought they had just met a cool little girl I was happy because my first child was a boy Then the doctor froze and said her hair was white a rare genetic disease that can’t be detected by normal birth tests My relatives came to see me in the hospital I could understand their reaction; they were conservative and afraid of being criticized I heard that if I ate foods rich in melanin it could help Elsa which turned out to be useless because her specific type of albinism means her body lacks the enzyme to synthesize melanin I filmed a short video and posted it on social media I suggested calling my daughter “Buqi,” meaning never give up Some netizens argued that this might be hard to explain in the future while another remarked that she had the same hair color as Queen Elsa And that’s how my daughter got her nickname One of the biggest problems for albino children is poor eyesight We also had to ask her teacher at school to let her sit in the front row Another problem is that she’s sensitive to light I will always have a pair for her in my bag We’ve also fitted blackout curtains throughout our home and only use soft lighting she noticed that her brother never wore sunglasses she couldn’t open her eyes and would get angry She slowly accepted the situation and adapted including putting on heavy sunscreen and wearing protective clothing I put a hat on her and wrapped her head tightly not letting a single strand of hair slip outside I would go along with it and decline to give further explanation he questioned why we always had to cover her up but later I realized that if her family couldn’t accept her It was the first time we ever took her hat off outside Her dad walked ahead with her in his arms and I followed behind “She’s so cute.” But there was a time when she was 1 year old she was playing in a neighborhood playground and a little boy was scared upon seeing her and began to cry I intentionally took her to crowded places and squares where older people gather to dance and I encouraged her to play with other children we took her to the beach because it’s cooler there and crowded which was a good way to help her develop confidence I’m worried that her appearance will cause her to have low self-esteem when she reaches adolescence we’ll hear various comments from different kinds of people “You’re so ugly.” She instantly broke down in tears “Why do you and my brother have black hair but I have white hair?” I gave her an example: “Remember the foreigners we saw and are all so pretty.” I then told her the world is meant to be colorful “Do you want me to dye your hair dark now?” But she refused people might not say I’m beautiful,” she said Elsa is 5 this year and will be in first grade soon I take her to the primary school when I pick up her brother they might not be so curious when they see her in the future Some elementary kids think she has a disease When children whisper and discuss her appearance I always encourage her to explain her condition to them I just lack some melanin.” I’ll also say to some children “Doesn’t she have the same hair as Queen Elsa Can you be friends with her?” Then they will all just start playing together I’ve always told Elsa that she’s an albino I didn’t want her to find out from someone else and I didn’t want to keep saying she was a “little angel,” which might cause her to live in a fairytale I want her to know that she is the same as other kids She could have received a disability certificate when she was very young as I didn’t want her to be defined as a disabled person and there is no difference between her and other kids when her teacher explained that the school offered a subsidy for disabled children that we applied for a certificate for Elsa I heard from other parents in our situation that some private kindergartens had rejected albino children because of concerns that their poor eyesight could result in injuries When it was time for our daughter to start preschool and the teachers and her classmates have all been very kind but at a parent-teacher meeting for the parents of incoming students the teacher talked a little about the class having an albino child with white hair “Is she infectious?” I explained about Elsa’s condition emphasizing that albinism is not contagious I also shared several pictures of my daughter and encouraged other parents to tell their children about their new classmate so that they wouldn’t be surprised by her appearance After her first day at the new kindergarten “Are you happy today?” She said she was very happy as her classmates called her “little angel” and “princess.” I heard from teachers later that one boy had touched her face gently I used to worry that she might have a hard life I realized that when she goes to primary school and middle school we will have to face more people and more issues we should focus on the present and seize the day I hope that she will become a sunny and confident girl Elsa is growing up and starting to care about being pretty She feels pretty cool in her sunglasses now we were invited to take part in a fashion show organized by a children’s clothing brand as I was concerned that Elsa wouldn’t be able to perform Wearing a princess dress and crystal shoes A version of this article originally appeared in White Night Workshop It has been translated and edited for brevity and clarity Translator: Eunice Ouyang; editors: Wang Juyi and Hao Qibao (Header image: Elsa poses with cosplayers in Beijing What is believed to be a rare albino deer has been captured on camera roaming in North Strabane Township A rare white deer has been spotted in North Strabane Township An albino deer lacks pigment throughout its body and has pink eyes information and education supervisor for the Pennsylvania Game Commission but we do have them all over the state,” said Harvey “They do attract attention because they’re pretty rare.” has made several appearances in yards and fields in the township for at least the past two weeks People sometimes mistake piebald deer for albino deer Piebald deer can have traces of brown in their fur and they still have the brown eyes and black hooves of a classic white-tailed deer Albino deer are more sensitive to sunlight and often have poor vision They tend to have a shorter life span because their white coat stands out in the wild and have no camouflage protection the chances of an albino deer being born are 1 in 30,000 Harvey noted albinism occurs throughout the animal kingdom noting albinos are found in other species as well an albino raccoon was rescued in Somerset County If you have an account and are registered for online access sign in with your email address and password below Never been a subscriber and want to subscribe Copyright © Observer-Reporter | Contact | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy Niece locates her uncle Luis Armando Albino living on other side of the country after search sparked when she took online DNA test ‘just for fun’ A man who was abducted as a six-year-old while playing in a California park in 1951 has been found more than seven decades later thanks to the help of an online ancestry test, old photos and newspaper clippings. The Bay Area News Group reported on Friday that Luis Armando Albino’s niece in Oakland – with assistance from police, the FBI and the justice department – located her uncle living on the US east coast. Albino, a father and grandfather, is a retired firefighter and Marine Corps veteran who served in Vietnam, according to his niece, 63-year-old Alida Alequin. She found Albino and reunited him with his California family in June. On 21 February 1951 a woman lured the six-year-old Albino from the park in West Oakland, where he had been playing with his older brother, and promised him in Spanish that she would buy him candy. Read moreInstead, the woman kidnapped the Puerto Rico-born boy, flying him to the east coast, where he ended up with a couple who raised him as if he were their own son, the news group reported. Officials and family members didn’t say where on the east coast he lives. For more than 70 years, Albino remained missing but he was always in the hearts of his family and his photo hung at relatives’ houses, his niece said. His mother died in 2005 but never gave up hope that her son was alive. Oakland police acknowledged that Alequin’s efforts “played an integral role in finding her uncle” and that “the outcome of this story is what we strive for”. In an interview with the news group, she said her uncle “hugged me and said ‘Thank you for finding me’ and gave me a kiss on the cheek”. Oakland Tribune articles from the time reported that police, soldiers from a local army base, the Coast Guard and other city employees joined a huge search for the missing boy. San Francisco Bay and other waterways were also searched, according to the articles. His brother, Roger Albino, was interrogated several times by investigators but stood by his story about a woman with a bandana around her head taking his brother. The first notion that her uncle might be still alive came in 2020 when, “just for fun”, Alequin said, she took an online DNA test. It showed a 22% match with a man who eventually turned out to be her uncle. A further search at the time yielded no answers or any response from him, she said. Early this year, she and her daughters began searching again. On a visit to the Oakland public library she looked at microfilm of Tribune articles – including one that had a picture of Luis and Roger – which convinced her that she was on the right track. She went to Oakland police the same day. Read moreInvestigators eventually agreed the new lead was substantial Oakland police said last week that the missing persons case was closed but they and the FBI considered the kidnapping investigation to still be open Luis was located on the east coast and provided a DNA sample and told them both that her uncle had been found “We didn’t start crying until after the investigators left,” Alequin said Luis came to Oakland with members of his family and met with Alequin The next day Alequin drove her mother and her newfound uncle to Roger’s home in Stanislaus County “They grabbed each other and had a really tight Luis returned to the east coast but came back again in July for a three-week visit Alequin said her uncle did not want to talk to the media it could help other families going through the same thing,” Alequin said Metrics details Parasites can change the behaviour of their hosts but little attention has been given to the relationship between parasite effects on host behaviour and colouration The correlation between disrupted melanin production and alterations in various physiological and behavioural traits stress responsiveness and sensitivity to brood parasitism We hypothesized that parasitism would affect the behaviour of albino and pigmented conspecifics differently we infested a group of pigmented and a group of albino individuals of European catfish Silurus glanis with glochidia of two Uninoidea species the native species Anodonta anatina and the invasive species Sinanodonta woodiana and investigated the effect of parasitization on the boldness and sheltering behaviour of the hosts The behaviour of albino individuals differed from that of pigmented conspecifics both before and after parasitization Parasitization with glochidia did not affect sheltering behaviour but it increased boldness in pigmented individuals whereas albino individuals did not exhibit any changes in behaviour Sheltering results were consistent in both binomial and continuous variable analyses whereas boldness was significant only in the binomial analyses Our results demonstrate the reduced susceptibility of the albino phenotype to glochidia infestation together with questions of the choice of analyses albino morphs of the cichlid Metriaclima zebra (Boulenger 1899) had a higher parasitism rate than other pigmented fish species suggesting that there can be a relationship between parasitism and specific albino physiology and behaviour different mussel species can have distinct effects on the same host species we expected to find a difference in the effect of parasitism between these two bivalves There were no significant differences in hosting capabilities between albino (glochidia metamorphosis success rate: 0.93 ± 0.6%) and pigmented (0.98 ± 1.3%) catfish in the first trial (A there were no significant differences in hosting capabilities between albino (33.37 ± 35.92%) and pigmented (30.29 ± 33.11%) catfish in the combined data from the second and third trials (mixed A anatina glochidia into juvenile mussels was generally low (0.96 ± 1.04% in the first trial; 0.54 ± 0.57% in the second trial) woodiana was two orders of magnitude (i.e. a hundred times) higher (63.13 ± 6.39%; results from the third trial) glanis as a substantially better host for invasive S It was not possible to discriminate between the effect of the two studied mollusc species larvae on the observed behavioural characteristics of their catfish hosts (boldness: binomial response χ2 = 0.01 P < 0.0658; sheltering: binomial response χ2 = 2.85 glochidia of both species induced comparable behavioural responses in terms of boldness and sheltering The effect of individual weight was also not detected (boldness: binomial response χ2 = 0.85 P < 0.39; sheltering: binomial response χ2 = 1.7885 Probability of being bold related to catfish host pigmentation. Values are estimates (± S.E.) based on a GENMOD procedure. Significant differences among classes (Adj. P < 0.05) are indicated with asterisks, 'n’ represents sample size for treatment. Probability of being bold related to catfish host pigmentation and parasitization treatment. Values are estimates (± S.E.) based on a GENMOD procedure. Significant differences among classes (Adj. P < 0.05) are indicated with asterisks, 'n’ represents sample size for treatment. Index of boldness related to catfish host pigmentation Values are estimates (± S.E.) based on a non-significant effect in a MIXED procedure; 'n’ represents sample size for treatment Probability of sheltering related to catfish host pigmentation. Values are estimates (± S.E.) based on a GENMOD procedure. Significant differences among classes (Adj. P < 0.05) are indicated with asterisks, 'n’ represents sample size for treatment. Index of sheltering related to catfish host pigmentation Values are estimates (± S.E.) based on a MIXED procedure Significant differences among classes (Adj can be completely unique for albinos and independent of the melanocortin system Although we used albino individuals from albino parents and pigmented individuals from pigmented parents we cannot state whether the ancestors of these fish were identical or siblings other genetic changes that are not directly related to albinism are also possible and could play a role in the reported results if albinos were less cautious even in the presence of a predator this could in part contribute to their rare occurrence in nature it is not unlikely that glochidia might have a similar effect on its host it is arguable whether high sensitivity to stress in albino animals could possibly cause the absence of a behavioural response to glochidia infestation we need to know in more detail the physiological specifics of albino organisms as well as the mechanism by which glochidia change the behaviours of their hosts it would be useful to know how glochidia influence metabolic processes in albino compared to pigmented individuals The spread of the European catfish could thus enhance dispersal abilities for S be an even greater threat for the European environment In case of carp Cyprinus carpio and hatchery-reared Murray cod Maccullochella peelii the binomial probability of emergence considered as an indicator of boldness was significant while consideration of time in seconds as a continuous variable was non-significant suggesting that the applicability of binomial boldness analyses could be more widespread across different fish species we found differences between albino and pigmented catfish regarding behaviours before and after infestation with glochidia The overall behaviour of albinos before parasitization could be summarized as more risk-taking while the behaviour of pigmented individuals could be summarized as risk-avoiding Whereas glochidia increased boldness in pigmented catfish probably as a response to their worsening condition the behaviours of albinos remained resistant against glochidia influence Our results thus provide new insight into the behaviour of albino individuals but concurrently raise new questions and suggestions for further research particularly in terms of albino physiology and the validity of binomial and continuous analysis of behavioural variables the tank was manually cleaned of nonconsumed feed and other solid residuals to keep the fish in clean and healthy environment without creating room for potential contamination by trained personnel and their behaviour was recorded remotely All experimental procedures were generally setup to minimize stress and suffering to the experimental animals the fish were returned to the hatchery for further successful reproduction were transported into the laboratory one month prior to the start of the experiments the group of pigmented individuals (78 inds; mean weight 34 g range 20–62 g) and the group of albinos (85 inds—mean weight 36 g were from the 2nd generation of the same-coloured parents cultured in hatchery from the same original population (i.e. albino individuals were from albino parents pigmented individuals from pigmented parents both originating from one identical population) so we can expect that the environmental and handling pressures influenced in the same manner albino as well as pigmented catfish experimental animals were further divided into four groups (two albino and two pigmented groups) containing an even number of individuals each that were kept in separate tanks (380 l each) for 1 month All fish were under general anaesthesia (2-phenoxyethanol 0.2 ml × l−1) and tagged with Passive Integrated Transponders with a unique code to facilitate their identification woodiana females were taken from their natural habitats (A and maintained separately in individual boxes of 10 L of renewed aerated river water for 1–2 weeks before infestation and every individual catfish was randomly assigned to one of them The first trial aimed to compare hosting capabilities between albino and pigmented catfish infested with native A Twenty pigmented and twenty albino catfish were infested in the same inoculation bath and all individuals were used for monitoring glochidia development The second trial aimed to compare behavioural differences between A anatina-infected albino and pigmented catfish 18 pigmented and 19 albino catfish were infested in the same inoculation bath Three pigmented and three albino individuals were subsequently used for monitoring glochidia development The remaining individuals were used for the behavioural experiment comparing 15 infested and 16 control pigmented catfish and 16 infested and 17 control albino catfish a third trial was designed that aimed to compare behavioural differences between S woodiana-infected albino and pigmented catfish 14 pigmented and 15 albino catfish were infested in the same inoculation bath comparing 11 infested and 10 control pigmented catfish and 12 infested and 14 control albino catfish No significant size differences were detected between the fish groups (control pigmented) during particular trials (weight P > 0.1) The glochidia were pooled and applied for inoculation within one hour of flushing The concentration of the glochidia suspension used for inoculation ranged between 3000 and 5000 viable glochidia per liter determined by counting ten 10-ml subsamples during the infestation process conducted simultaneously for all individuals in each trial lasted 15 min at a density of one fish per liter of glochidia suspension the fish were transferred into a new bath without glochidia for 30 min to remove any unattached glochidia control in behavioural experiment) were treated with the same handling procedures to assure similar handling stress to the infested fish To provide information about glochidia infestation and metamorphosis success rates individuals from each trial (see the Experimental design section for details) were individually held in continuously aerated 18-l glass aquaria and monitored for glochidia development until the end of the parasitic phase feeding) were adjusted to match the main holding tanks Each aquarium's bottom was shielded with a net (mesh size: 3 mm) to thwart juvenile mussel predation by host fish approximately 80% of the total water volume in the aquarium was replaced and inspected for the presence of glochidia and juvenile mussels via tank siphoning Glochidia and juvenile mussels retrieved from the siphoned water were captured using filters (mesh size: 139 µm) and subsequently examined and counted under a microscope (magnification: 10–40 ×) Glochidia were categorized as viable juveniles if any foot activity or valve movement was detected These methodologies facilitated the estimation of both the absolute number of glochidia affixed to fish during the experiment and the success rate of metamorphosis among the initially attached glochidia ‘Metamorphosis success rate’ per individual fish was assessed as the number of living juveniles divided by the absolute number of glochidia multiplied by 100 and expressed as a percentage who also included both measures and analyses (binomial and continuous) for the entire set of behavioural variables binomial/threshold analyses make it possible to distinguish which is an important determinant when categorizing individuals according to their personality The arena was thoroughly rinsed and filled with clean aged tap water before insertion of a new specimen Sheltering was evaluated in two ways: (I) as a binomial variable indicating ‘probability of sheltering’ where ‘1’ was assigned to the individual who entered the shelter; 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It was Alequin who ended up breaking the case wide open She did a DNA test in 2020 "just for fun," she told The Mercury News But she was stunned when it returned a 22 percent match with a man living across the U.S. although she was not successful in attempts to contact him to find out more She renewed her efforts this year after researching more about her uncle's abduction and took old newspaper articles and the DNA results to Oakland police in June where investigators agreed it was a significant lead Albino was located by officers and provided a new DNA sample which was matched with his sister (Alequin's mother) This time the match was even stronger and it confirmed that the man was Albino Alequin said she and her mother wept upon hearing the news: "I grabbed my mom's hands and said The FBI brought Albino and some of his relatives to Oakland to meet with his long-lost family in June "They grabbed each other and had a really tight News of the emotional reunion has made headlines around the world, and the social media feed of pop culture site Bored Panda shared a photo of the two brothers meeting again for the first time in decades on X (formerly Twitter) along with a photo taken of the pair as children: After being abducted as a 6-year-old, Luis Armando Albino was finally reunited with his family 73 years later, thanks to his niece's unwavering dedication. pic.twitter.com/nlinycqgtM Albino revealed he was a retired firefighter and Marine Corps veteran who had served in Vietnam he returned for a further reunion with his old family the last time he saw ailing older brother Roger having finally learned what became of his missing sibling Albino has not commented publicly about his remarkable life story and details about the case and the reunion remain vague It is unclear whether Albino was given a new name whether the woman who raised him was the same person who took him from the park and whether he was aware he had a family who were searching for him Alequin said her uncle did not want to talk to the media and that although he had some memories of the kidnapping and his trip across the country the adults in his life never answered his questions Newsweek has reached out by email to Oakland Police Department seeking further information and comment Police say they have now closed the missing person case but the FBI are still pursuing the abduction investigation Alequin said her uncle was grateful to have been found 'Thank you for finding me' and gave me a kiss on the cheek," she said it could help other families going through the same thing Hundreds of thousands of children and juveniles are reported missing each year according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children The circumstances of the disappearance is only recorded about half the time only 0.1 percent are reported as having been abducted by a stranger Newsweek is committed to challenging conventional wisdom and finding connections in the search for common ground Newsletters in your inbox See all The dates displayed for an article provide information on when various publication milestones were reached at the journal that has published the article activities on preceding journals at which the article was previously under consideration are not shown (for instance submission All content on this site: Copyright © 2025 Elsevier B.V.