Leucistic Wallaby
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- Опубликовано: 30 июл 2023
- This lovely wild female black-striped wallaby (Notamacropus dorsalis) has a rare, natural hereditary condition called leucism - a partial loss of pigmentation which results in animals having white, mottled, or pale fur (or plumage if they are a bird, or scales if they are a reptile). Unlike albinism, leucism does not effect animals' eyes - her underlying skin and eyes remain dark coloured, and as she lives in dense tea tree scrub in a densely vegetated nature refuge, hopefully she won't experience a huge disadvantage from her unusual colour.
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clicked on one of your ticks videos just a mere hour ago, and since then been through an array of emotions.. just wanted to wish you peace and comfort in these hard times. the way you showcase and conserve the wonderful native wildlife is really admirable.
Hello, thank you for watching and for taking the time to comment with kind words of support and encouragement - it is very much appreciated. Stay safe.
So glad to see a post. Hope you & your family are doing well. Thank you always for such great & special content 🥰
Hello Ctrl_alt_delete, thank you so much for your kind words of encouragement, and for your support. Things are different without him, but he is still everywhere; in the rising and the setting of the sun, the wattle blooming, the early morning frost and the rain when it falls. One can't really complain. I hope your week is being kind to you.
@@GubanaNatureRefuge - so far so good on my week Start! Thanks so much for replying with such kind words 🥰
She's beautiful, we have a lot of wildlife on our property and it's amazing to see it.
So glad to see you posting. My husband died 20 years ago and it's hard.
Hello Tuppy, thank you for reaching out and sharing your thoughts. I'm sorry to hear about your husband. I hope your week is being kind to you.
Wow, very unusual. Quite beautiful.
Hello Trena, thank you for watching, and for taking the time to share your thoughts. I feel just a tiny bit guilty ,.... they are all lovely after all .... but gosh, isn't she something? :)
What an adorable little sweetie ❤
Wonderful to see you back ❤
Wonderful footage. Thank you so much.
Hello Elizabeth, thank you for watching, and for your kind words of encouragement.
@@GubanaNatureRefuge I love your videos so much: always learning so much from you all about our precious wildlife. Thank you for all you do.
Oh you’re back! So lovely to see. I haven’t seen a leucistic one that’s salt and pepper, only white with the dark eyes and paws. Beautiful 🌸 On another note, thank you for taking the time to upload. Not a great deal of time has elapsed - two months sounds like a lot but in the concept of greater time, it’s still raw and real. Losing an immediate loved one and family member I found that grief is not linear. I hope this time has given you peace, and judging from your response to one of the commenters, you’ve found it, and that your piece of paradise has contributed to this in a big way with its beauty of the fauna and flora.
Hello Romanr, the salt and peeper is lovely, isn't it? 2 months... feels like more than 2 lifetimes. Time is a strange thing, hey? 10 years can pass in a heartbeat, 2 months can be an eternity. Thank you for watching, and for taking the time to say hello.
@@GubanaNatureRefuge Definitely agree with you on that one - time is very strange. This was such a pleasure to watch. I find wallabies have such unique personalities. I volunteer at a kangaroo sanctuary and the owner also has wallabies. They never cease to entertain me, especially when they’re sparring or in the case of wallabies, sitting on their tail! It’s such a privilege to be able to be around these wonderful creatures.
I really liked seeing her, and the explanation accompanying the video. Many thanks.
Hello KLyrebird, thank you for watching and for your kind words. She is lovely, isn't she?
Hey, nice to see you posting again and that is one gorgeous wallaby.
Hello Ross, isn't she just lovely! I was so excited when she came into frame. The trail camera has been in that exact spot for 2 years, and I've never seen her before - just shows how elusive black-striped wallabies are in that intensely dense tea tree scrub. Thank you for watching and taking the time to share your thoughts.. I hope you are enjoying a lovely winter.
@@GubanaNatureRefuge And will be interesting to see what colour her joey is
so cute!
Tx ....👍
Wow, she's amazing. 🕊❤️🍀
Hello Olivegrove, isn't she just? I was ridiculously super-excited when she popped into frame. That camera has been in exactly the same place for 2 years, and I have never seen her before, but it's a large area and very densely vegetated, so hopefully she stays safely hidden and has many lovely joeys :) Thank you for watching, and for taking the time to comment.
thank you for posting and i hope you and your family are well
A cutie
Awesome! I see lighter grey kangaroos here in Perth, but haven't seen any leucistic specimens.
Ty
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Great to see you back! What a beautiful wallaby. I hadn't heard of leucism.
Hello Robert, thank you so much for your support and kind encouragement. It's rare, but quite a number of photographers have captured shots of leucism in Australian wildlife; I've seen photos of a colony of leucistic magpies in Perth, a white kangaroo spotted at Nogo Station in QLD, white kookaburras in the Blackbutt Forest Reserve in Shellharbour, and a leucistic Baudin's white-tailed black cockatoo spotted in Margaret River. Unfortunately illegal shooters and wildlife poachers are irresistibly drawn to unusual colours, so let's hope she remains elusive and safely hidden from human eyes, deep in the fragrant tea tree scrub.
Lovely to see you posting again. What a beautiful wallaby!
Hello Yvonne, thank you for watching, and for your kind words of encouragement. I hope you are enjoying a marvellous week :)
I've never heard of a leucistic wallaby, let alone seen one - so thank you.
Hello Glen, thank you for watching, and for taking the time to say hello. I'd never seen one before either - such an exciting surprise! Every know and then you hear about white wallabies, but they are usually albino - I'm so glad that isn't the case here.
Great to see a new post. Fewer ticks on the kangaroos & wallabies this season, by the look of this one. If summer is as hot as is being predicted will you put out more drinking stations?
Hello Didn'tlistenDad (great username by the way) you are correct on all accounts. After 3 back-to-back La Niña years, tick numbers are low, vegetation is dense, and the wildlife is in marvellous health. Conditions are dying out though, and a grassfire is currently burning about 7km from the nature refuge, so the coming season will most likely be tough. Although there's now half the manpower, the lessons learned in the catastrophic 2019/2020 season will hopefully mean that everything is in place for the big dry - bushfires allowing. Thank you for watching, and taking the time to share your thoughts. I hope you have a marvellous week.
It's a shiny Pokemon! :')
Oh! LOL yes, I'll pay that one :)
Hi! Just recently discovered the channel, sorry to hear about the passing of Vale. Is there anyway that fans can assist in the project you have going on? Financially or otherwise.
Hope you have a good one
-Joachim
Hello. Hope you’re doing ok after everything.
Hello GetItThereThing, thank you for reaching out with your kind words. Things are different, but strangely enough the sun kept rising, joeys are being born and the wattle bloomed in the usual way at the usual time. Life goes on as it must, and I guess we carry him forward with us, never really gone while he is remembered.
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