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Too cool - An albino moose- almost magical (Original Post)
packman
May 2017
OP
I wonder if that makes them easier prey. I noticed it does with cats in the country
luvMIdog
May 2017
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hlthe2b
(101,699 posts)1. Statue?
Fla Dem
(23,339 posts)8. Albino Moose photos
Not about these photos specifically, but about photos of White Moose in general.
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Tracking down the origins of these photographs of a pair of albino moose along a highway has not been a straightforward task, because these critters are apparently wide-roaming moose: differing versions of the accompanying text have placed them all across North America, from British Columbia to the Maritime provinces in Canada, and from Michigan to Maine in the United States. As best we can ascertain, the pictures date from mid-2006 and were taken somewhere in eastern Canada. (Various claimants have asserted they snapped these pictures in northern Ontario, Newfoundland, and New Brunswick.)
However, although the photographs may be genuine, the animals pictured are likely not true albinos but rather white-colored (or white-haired) moose, an unusual genetic variation of the species that has been spotted in several states and provinces:
In general, moose have brown coats of hair. In some rare cases, the colour of moose coats can range from predominantly white to a mixture of white and brown. White-coloured moose are not a separate species, but are examples of a rare colour phase that can occur naturally in wild moose populations.
White-coloured moose have been reported in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Newfoundland, Alaska and Idaho. Restrictions on the hunting of white-coloured moose were put in place for the Port au Port Peninsula in 2002 by Newfoundland and Labrador. No other province has hunting regulations prohibiting the harvest of white-coloured moose.
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http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/albinomoose.asp
luvMIdog
(2,533 posts)2. I wonder if that makes them easier prey. I noticed it does with cats in the country
FSogol
(45,355 posts)3. Easy prey? What eats Moose? n/t
luvMIdog
(2,533 posts)5. packs of wolves, bears, I dunno I'm asking :D
True Dough
(17,090 posts)9. Moose is commonly eaten in northern parts of Canada
Many First Nations and Metis people still go hunting for moose in the fall.
denbot
(9,894 posts)10. I doubt if any of the First Nation peoples would harm a white moose.
Just like I'm sure no Native American would shoot a white buffalo. It strikes me as wrong at a visceral level.
procon
(15,805 posts)4. What a beautiful, mystical creature. nt
Bayard
(21,801 posts)6. Beautiful, BUT
Doesn't look real. Not a spec of dirt, grass stains.
FSogol
(45,355 posts)11. Why would the antlers be white? N/t
Albinism would effect the whole animal and if it is leucistic it would effect the antlers but not the eyes.
Those antlers appear to be covered in velvet, too.
Fla Dem
(23,339 posts)7. Magical and Majestical. I hope he is protected.
I'm surprised even the antlers are white. A creature like this should not be killed. Anyone who kills a beautiful rare creature like this is a monster.