Birmingham Pride of lions

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(07-24-2023, 03:30 AM)Timbavati Wrote: Birmingham pride and their cubs [Including the white one]
Photo credits: Bellingham Safaris FB
White Lion sighting: On Shelly’s recent travels to Ngala Private Game Reserve, she got to view the latest superstar addition to the Birmingham Pride. A rare white Lion cub has been born to the young white Lioness, a sibling herself to a white male, and this brings the legacy of genetically unique individuals in this formidable family up to three!!! Although there are many white Lions sadly being bred in captivity, these three are living freely in the wild at Ngala, which, rather aptly, is the local Shangaan word for Lion. White Lions are leucistic, which means that a gene mutation makes their fur white, while their skin and eyes retain their natural pigment – a white Lion is not an albino Lion. White Lions are incredibly rare because the mating female and male must both possess the recessive gene in order to produce a white Lion cub. The likelihood of both Lions having this gene is extremely uncommon making these pale-coloured Lions very special.

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Great stuff! So, this means that either Shaka, Scar, or both Mbiris also share the white gene. Reply