by Heartwarming footage has captured a rare pink elephant playing with another calf in a waterhole in Kruger National Park, South Africa.
Elephants are typically gray, but this small calf, which belongs to the genus Loxodonta, has pink skin and fair hair, as a result of an inherited condition called albinism — a genetic disorder that stops the production of a molecule called melanin that is responsible for pigment in the eyes, hair and skin.
The rare condition "only occurs once in every 10,000 births" of wild mammals, Theo Potgieter, a safari operator who captured the image of the young elephant, said in an email to Live Science.
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Elephants are typically gray, but this small calf, which belongs to the genus Loxodonta, has pink skin and fair hair, as a result of an inherited condition called albinism — a genetic disorder that stops the production of a molecule called melanin that is responsible for pigment in the eyes, hair and skin.
The rare condition "only occurs once in every 10,000 births" of wild mammals, Theo Potgieter, a safari operator who captured the image of the young elephant, said in an email to Live Science.
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