Rob9876
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My son was able to get some pretty good shots of an albino nurse shark that we encountered on a wreck near Panama City Beach, Florida over Memorial Day weekend: https://www.instagram.com/p/CAlmsFgg5IM/
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Good question, not a ton of information on these, but from what I was able to find it appears to be caused by "a blocked gene crucial to pigment formation" -- and some think that blocked gene could be caused by malnutrition of the mother.GoodShot! What causes Sharks to become albinos?
maybe they will become like the pink dolphins of the amazon.
i wonder if the lack of pigmentation helps or hinders their survivability
GoodShot! What causes Sharks to become albinos?