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# Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Rare Twin Albinos
Posted by DDH Staff

Photos of these rare twin albino whitetails are making the email rounds this morning. We do not know which state this photo came from, but the deer are apparently hanging around near a backyard feeder in a residential area.

Whatever the case might be, this is a good example of albino deer behavior. Both animals are yearlings and are likely still associating with each other because they have been ostracised from the herd. This is common behavor in deer herds...the "normal" deer shun the albinos to the point where the genetically inferior deer act as if they are the outsiders.

Dan Schmidt, D&DH Editor




Wednesday, March 05, 2008 2:15:21 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #  Comments [2]
Thursday, March 06, 2008 1:47:16 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
I believe that this is from a couple's backyard in northern MN (I want to say Brainerd?!). There was a story on these two on an outdoor show in the Twin Cities area a few weeks ago. Really neat!
buckhunter21
Sunday, June 29, 2008 2:33:12 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
Hello,
I see my twin albino photo made it to your website. I'm from Wahkon Minnesota and these albino twins have been coming to my backyard feeder since 2006.
I made the feeder and entered it at www.browning.com in their "Show Us Your Buck Mark" online contest.
If you would like to see more of the twins, go to http://kstp.com/article/stories/S348404.shtml?cat=1&v=1
Local TV from Minneapolis did a story on the twins from my home.

Sincerely,
Tim
timroeschlein@scicable.com
Tim Roeschlein
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