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Man snaps pictures of white deer
LONDON, Ontario, -- A Canadian man said he was able to snap two pictures of a rare white deer he spotted near a wooded area.
Bill Hopkins of London, Ontario, said he spotted the buck last week and it remained in his sight for about 5 minutes, wandering near a busy road before running off into the wooded area, QMI Agency reported Thursday.
"It was pretty surreal, almost right up there with seeing a unicorn," Hopkins said.
Experts said the deer's coloring was likely due to a reduced skin pigment from a recessive gene. They said the chances of a deer being completely white are about one in 10,000.
"We see this a lot in ducks but it's rare in deer," said Brian Salt of Salthaven Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education Center.
LONDON, Ontario, -- A Canadian man said he was able to snap two pictures of a rare white deer he spotted near a wooded area.
Bill Hopkins of London, Ontario, said he spotted the buck last week and it remained in his sight for about 5 minutes, wandering near a busy road before running off into the wooded area, QMI Agency reported Thursday.
"It was pretty surreal, almost right up there with seeing a unicorn," Hopkins said.
Experts said the deer's coloring was likely due to a reduced skin pigment from a recessive gene. They said the chances of a deer being completely white are about one in 10,000.
"We see this a lot in ducks but it's rare in deer," said Brian Salt of Salthaven Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education Center.
