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Why are albino animals rare? Aside from the genetic requirement for albinism, the disease is also rare because it often makes survival difficult.

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Animals with albinism are more likely to have poor eyesight, hindering their ability to find food and detect potential predators, National Geographic reports. It also complicates the mating process.

Albinism seems to be very rare in cold-blooded animals, but a few years ago the Gardens exhibited an albino cobra, and many years before that an albino common frog.

Albino alligators have albinism, a rare genetic disorder that causes animals to have a lack of pigmentation. Albino animals are white with pink eyes (the eyes look red).

Why are albino animals rare? Aside from the genetic requirement for albinism, the disease is also rare because it often makes survival difficult.