The Ghost Deer
Clip: Season 31 Episode 12 | 2m 3s
The rare ghost deer are whitetailed deer, colored completely white.
For whitetailed deer, one of the rarest variations of all is color. The ghost deer are colored completely white due to a lack of melanin, a natural pigment found in most organisms. It's a rare recessive gene; and, like humans, only about one out of 20,000 mammals are albino.
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The Ghost Deer
Clip: Season 31 Episode 12 | 2m 3s
For whitetailed deer, one of the rarest variations of all is color. The ghost deer are colored completely white due to a lack of melanin, a natural pigment found in most organisms. It's a rare recessive gene; and, like humans, only about one out of 20,000 mammals are albino.
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