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Half albino snake rescued
The Hindu
A snake rescuer in the city identified and rescued a rare half albino rat snake and released it back into the wild. Mohammed Umar Shariff, the snake rescuer, said that it was sighted near a lodge on t
A snake rescuer in the city identified and rescued a rare half albino rat snake and released it back into the wild. Mohammed Umar Shariff, the snake rescuer, said that it was sighted near a lodge on the Outer Ring Road close to Vidya Vikas Engineering College. On close examination it turned out to be an Indian Rat Snake with a whitish colour and was caught and put in a rescue bag and released in a suitable habitat. Mr. Shariff said albinism is caused due to mutation in the genes and failure to produce melanin which is a natural pigment that gives colour to the skin.More Related News