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Two of a Kind: Pair of White Giraffes Sighted in Kenya

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Hirola Conservation Program rangers came across an extremely rare site - a pair of white giraffes grazing in Ishaqbini conservancy in Garissa County, Kenya. 16.09.2017, Sputnik International

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Two of a Kind: Pair of White Giraffes Sighted in Kenya

11:30 GMT 16.09.2017 (Updated: 13:28 GMT 17.09.2017)

Hirola Conservation Program rangers came across an extremely rare site - a pair of white giraffes grazing in Ishaqbini conservancy in Garissa County, Kenya.

The color of the creatures' hides appears to be a product of leucism — a hereditary condition that reduces pigmentation in skin cells, resulting in the white, pale, or patchy coloration of the skin, hair, feathers, scales or cuticle, but not the eyes.