A remote nature reserve in Kenya is home to a family of white giraffes. They are extremely rare and the first ones known to be captured on film.
Local Legends
Local villagers first spotted the white giraffes in 2017 at the Ishaqbini Hirola Conservancy in Kenya. They alerted conservationists, who traveled to the reserve to capture the rare giraffe family on video.
This is the first time a white giraffe had ever been filmed or photographed.
The conservancy has invited wildlife biologists, giraffe specialists and other scientists to study the giraffes. The giraffe family’s otherworldly beauty has captured the world’s attention.
The White Giraffe Family Is Growing
As the newspaper All Africa noted, “The giraffe, described as one of a kind and believed to be the only one in the world, has continued to dazzle the local community, scientists and wildlife enthusiasts globally.”
In 2019, the Hirola Conservancy announced that Mama Giraffe had given birth to a second white baby.
Why Are They White?
Residents have since reported that another white giraffe was living at a nature reserve in Tanzania.
Biologists say the giraffes are not albinos. They probably have a condition called leucism that prevents pigmentation of skin cells. Animals with leucism can still develop dark pigment in their eyes and other organs.
Experts don’t think the condition will cause medical problems for the giraffes, but it might make them easy for predators to spot.
The giraffes appear to get along fine with the other giraffes at the reserve. With luck, they’ll continue delighting and dazzling the world for many years to come.
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They are “otherworldly” stunning!! When u say that many researchers are studying them, I hope it’s from afar and not actually touching them, meaning darting to take blood, skin scrapes, etc… I am so glad to hear they are good with other giraffes, differences like this could get them ostracized from the herd. Because of their possible skin condition, does it make them susceptible to getting sunburned? Thank u for sharing this amazing video!! Please protect them at all costs!!
I thought they were safe from predators being there
They certainly are SO beautiful !! I pray nobody allows the killer trump brothers, Jr. and Eric, anywhere near them because you know as well as I do what would happen to these 2 animals. trump (father) thinks nothing of taking down anyone he gets mad at and the two sons are allowed to take down any animal, rare or endangered, even those that are purchased by morons who buy up land and stock it with wild animals then let losers like the trump brothers into this fenced track of land to shoot and kill any animal they want to in addition to those they kill for sport out in the wild.
The agency ‘Safari International’ is one of the largest contributors to the GOP. There are canned hunting reserves in Texas owned by Matthew McConahey. Safari International tries to let their customers think that they are conserving by killing.