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We have seen hundreds of times hedgehogs with their eyes closed to describe them. But even the most experienced lovers of nature do not always know that hedgehogs are not only grey. For every ten thousand ezhat, emerging into the light, one is born completely white.





Hedgehogs-albinos, according to experts, is very rare. By nature they are deprived of the pigment which gives coloration to the needles, skin and eyes. And hedgehogs are born albino from normal parents, painted in traditional grey color.





White hedgehogs are born in the wild have a much harder than brethren. The fact that the natural color of the urchin provides them with excellent opportunities for masking. And from this point of view, the white hedgehog is much less likely to remain undetected.






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