Flickr Pic(kr) 14

This is a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jschroe/2213298226/in/photostream/">photo
of a blonde zebra, or href="http://www.wildwatch.com/sightings/is-it-an-albino-zebra">albino
zebra.



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Judging from the tags on the photo, it appears that this was taken at
the
Pana`ewa
Rainforest Zoo
in Hilo, Hawaii.  The author, John Schroedel, indicates that the mutation results in one blonde zebra
out of 2.5 to 3 million. 


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