Lou
Location : Home Join date : 2011-07-05 Posts : 45066 Age : 54
| Subject: Mutant snowflake Tue Apr 02, 2013 12:46 pm | |
| Amazing Animal Mutant - Snowflake Snowflake (c. 1964 – November 24, 2003) was an albino gorilla. He is the only known albino gorilla so far, and was the most popular resident of the Barcelona Zoo in Spain. The gently-named Snowflake was unique to the gorilla world. Snowflake was the only known albino gorilla ever seen, and spent his time at the Barcelona Zoo in Spain. He lived a long life, eventually succumbing to an unusual form of skin cancer. Thousands flocked to the zoo to see him in his last months, where he’d become a phenomenon and obviously one of the main attractions. He fathered twenty-two offspring, seeing only six make it to adulthood—and not one of themshared his amazing skin tone [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] | |
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Melody Admin
Location : Birkenhead, Wirral Join date : 2011-09-25 Posts : 10625 Age : 52
| Subject: Re: Mutant snowflake Tue Apr 02, 2013 1:02 pm | |
| I've been to see Snowflake in Barcelona... I also met the most gorgeous baby gorilla whilst I was there, only a couple of months old and he was wearing a nappy too... Ever so cute!
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| Subject: Re: Mutant snowflake Tue Apr 02, 2013 1:37 pm | |
| Wondered what I was going to see then - what a cutie x | |
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Lou
Location : Home Join date : 2011-07-05 Posts : 45066 Age : 54
| Subject: Re: Mutant snowflake Tue Apr 02, 2013 2:19 pm | |
| I bet that was amazing Melody did you get up and close did they let you hold them ? | |
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gems
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| Subject: Re: Mutant snowflake Tue Apr 02, 2013 4:25 pm | |
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