GENEVA: Visitors to a Swiss zoo caught a glimpse on Friday of a rare albino Galapagos giant tortoise born in May.The baby tortoise may be a unique sight to behold with fair skin and red eyes. It weighs around 50 grams (1.7 ounces), and fits in the palm of one’s hand.Albinism is a genetic condition that results in little or no production of the pigment melanin, which determines the colour of the skin, hair and eyes. In animals, it can be accompanied by loss of sight and hearing.The condition has never been observed in the tortoise species whose skin and shell are usually black, both in captivity and the wild.“We are blessed by the gods,“ said Philippe Morel, owner of Tropiquarium zoo in Servi
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