Albino turtles born in the Amazon reserve

Animals have no pigmentation, and become easy prey. The turtles will be bred in captivity for a year.

As with humans, many animals born with a problem that prevents the production of melanin, pigment that protects the skin color of the sun. The phenomenon is known as albinism, and occurred with two turltes in reserve Abufari in the state of Amazonas.

In the second half of 2008, the fiscal reserve account for the birth of 381 thousand turtles. They are protected day and night of their predators and hunters in the region. The head of Abufari, Fernando Weber, among the hundreds of thousands of turtles that are born in the reserve, there is always one or another that has albinism. “Every year around five turtles born with albinism,” he explains.