The Beauty Ninja

I read this heart-breaking article today about how albinos are struggling to survive in East Africa because they are killed and dismembered and their body parts are sold to witch doctors because they are believe to be magical and “good luck”.  This is happening here on earth in 2009.  Unbelievable.

But anyway, that got me to investigating albinism and here are some beautiful examples of nature’s pigment-less creatures:

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