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White giraffe
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- Poachers have killed two extremely rare white giraffes in northeast Kenya, leaving just one such animal in the world.
- The white appearance of the giraffe is due to leucism, a genetic condition that causes skin cells to have no pigmentation.
- Leucism is different from albinism where no melanin is produced at all.
- The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) had classified giraffes as vulnerable in the Red List in December 2016.
- According to IUCN, the four principal factors that have led to a population decline among giraffes are habitat loss, civil unrest, poaching and ecological issues.
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