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Rare Mob Of White Kangaroos Spotted In Wildlife Reserve In Australia, Pictures Go Viral

The pictures of the albino mob of kangaroos were posted by the Panorama Garden Estate wildlife reserve on the social networking site Facebook after which it went viral.

If you're someone who loves wildlife and enjoys watching videos of exotic animals, then you're surely going to love this. In an incredibly rare instance, a mob of albino or white kangaroos was spotted hopping at the Panorama Garden Estate wildlife reserve in Victoria, Australia.

According to National Geographic albinism or leucism leads to a total lack of pigmentation in kangaroos’ hair, skin, and eyes, causing the kangaroo fur to be white. Albinism prevents the body from producing melanin, the primary pigment responsible for the colour of skin.

The pictures of the albino mob of kangaroos were posted by the wildlife reserve, Panorama Garden Estate on the social networking site Facebook after which it went viral.

Since being shared, the post has garnered over 200 likes and several comments.

"So many white ones, just gorgeous. Would love to see them one day," wrote a user on seeing the pictures.

"You do such a wonderful job in keeping so many animals safe and offering them such a peaceful life," wrote another user.

Expressing awe, another user wrote, "Ive never seen so many albinos in a mob before."

A similar reaction was received by another user who wrote, "Wow you don't normally see more than one." 

While another expressed displeasure and wrote, "Exclusion fencing: Turning wildlife into kept zoo animals while excluding & displacing the Greens Bush wildlife."

Speaking to New York Post, Annemaree Van Rooy, the owner of the property said there are about nine white kangaroos of which three albino kangaroos were released from captivity in South Australia in 2012.

"We rescued three albino kangaroos which were held in little tiny cages and now we have a mob of about nine. They come and go as they please on the wildlife sanctuary and they live just as they are supposed to out in the wild," said Rooy.

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