"Meet Omo, a one-of-a-kind giraffe who lives at the Tarangire National Park in Tanzania. You might think that she's albino, but she's actually leucistic, meaning that her body has reduced amounts of many types of pigment (not just melanin), which simply makes her paler than other giraffes. Wild Nature Institute founder Derek Lee says that Omo is ""the only pale giraffe we are currently aware of,"" and that her unique coloring might make her an easy target for poachers. We here at @science hope that their anti-poaching measures keep Omo safe so that she can have calves of her own someday and possibly pass this unique genetic mutation along. Fun fact: Omo was named after a brand of laundry detergent. Pretty clever, huh? Photo cred: Derek Lee - Caters News: Meet Omo, a one-of-a-kind giraffe who lives at the Tarangire National Park in Tanzania. You might think that she's albino, but she's actually leucistic, meaning that her body has reduced amounts of many types of pigment (not just melanin), which simply makes her paler than other giraffes. Wild Nature Institute founder Derek Lee says that Omo is ""the only pale giraffe we are currently aware of,"" and that her unique coloring might make her an easy target for poachers. We here at @science hope that their anti-poaching measures keep Omo safe so that she can have calves of her own someday and possibly pass this unique genetic mutation along. Fun fact: Omo was named after a brand of laundry detergent. Pretty clever, huh? Photo cred: Derek Lee - Caters News"
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