White Moose

[aelmpvw]

sure i spotted one of these on my walk home from the pub ...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-40918494/rare-white-moose-captured-on-film-in-sweden

[aelmpvw]

ooops, just spotted mikey's thread

[Mamyalynne]

Not to worry , he's worth a second look isn't he?

[hereIam]

Blimey, I hope he manages to survive in the wild looking like that. He's beautiful.

[albaqwerty]

from what I heard on the News this morning, he/she has been spotted often over the past couple of years in the area.

(Although, it's not a difficult beauty not to spot!!)

[hereIam]

Good, sounds like he's surviving then.

[albaqwerty]

I have a sneaky feeling the natives would take a very dim view of someone disturbing the fella :-D

(I'm forever an optimist, ham xx)

[hereIam]

Hope you're right albs x

[Bazile]

So , will all the trophy hunters be heading to sweden

[Mamyalynne]

Interesting article on the topic here from last year (not Sweden).

http://nationalpost.com/news/world/stunning-albino-moose-allegedly-spotted-in-alaska-but-are-ghostly-white-moose-really-all-that-rare/wcm/349e8c7a-818a-42dd-807c-578c2f3ffb06

[Peter Pedant]

it appears to have pink eyes so it is a true albino

The pub in ( a pub in ) Beaminster ( west dorset n of Bridport ) oh and n of Broadchurch - is called the White Hart ( male deer) and that is because rumours and tales of a white deer have persisted for around a thousand years ( since 1150) in the vicinity

Last spotted in the Jubilee Year or Millennium
and taken to be a Very Good SIgn

albino animals dont last very long in the wild....

[albaqwerty]

The Beeb news stated this morning that the Swedish one is not albino.
(Must admit, I didn't look at the eyes)

[Peter Pedant]

thanks for the article
it doesnt point out that all the examples were in snowy places and so there may be an evolutionary advantage - for sort of half the year anyway

[Mamyalynne]

As my link states many are considered not to be true Albinos but 'White morphs' like those found in Foleyet,Ontario.

[Mamyalynne]

Still magnificent creatures.