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In the Ukrainian village bred Sparrow albino

Added	Sun, 11/06/2017
Источники	gismeteo.ru mycity.mk.ua
Дата публикации	Fri, 09/06/2017
Версии	Discoloration disorder

In the Ukrainian village is home to a Sparrow, an albino, according to local media. According to old residents, this bird — and-white and with red eyes — never before seen.
Patronage on an unusual Sparrow took local. First, the species "white as snow chick" could not identify, but later said that he fed the parent birds.

Notable paint the bird does not help, but rather hinders. The white Sparrow hunt the cats, and the owners of a farmstead, where he settled albino, carefully take care of him. But with poultry Sparrow became friends, and he is often seen near the chickens.

Albinism is a phenomenon that occurs because of a lack in the body of the pigment melanin. Albinos are not adapted to intense sunlight, so they prefer not to appear on the street during the day. Articles hero — white Sparrow — also tries to hide by day in shaded areas and out of "the people" in the late afternoon.

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