A rare type of moose that is sometimes considered sacred was spotted by an Fish and Game aerial survey team flying over Interior Alaska.
In a landscape where moose tend to stick out like lumps of coal against winter snow, this moose was like a ghost, photos show.in a Jan. 13 Facebook post“While flying moose population surveys in Interior Alaska this winter, ADF&G biologists spotted this rare, leucistic bull moose,” the department said.
“Leucism is a genetic mutation that causes a partial lack of pigment in the skin and hair but not in the eye. This is not the same as albinism in which no melanin is present, and the eyes are pink.”While flying moose population surveys in Interior Alaska this winter, Department of Fish and Game biologists spotted a rare, leucistic bull moose.
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