Cosmo, the newest joey at Animal Adventure Park, was born with leucism, an incredibly rare condition that causes the partial loss of pigmentation in an animal's skin and fur. Unlike albinism, leucism does not cause a lack of pigmentation in the eyes. The baby was born at the animal park in Harpursville five months ago but was removed by keepers from his mother's pouch for the first time on January 15.
Read More"This is the only kangaroo of its kind in existence in North America at this moment, so that's how rare this is."Park owner Jordan Patch and Cosmo.The little joey was born to Boomer, a male red kangaroo who has lived at the park for eight years, and Rosie, who joined the park in 2020."Whatever the underlying genetics are between the two of them is what produced this very unique mutation," Patch said.
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