A baby pink elephant was sighted in the African country of Botswana on Friday by a filmmaker for the BBC as he was filming for a wildlife documentary . The cameraman took photographs of the elephant when he noticed it in a herd of around eighty elephants in the Okavango Delta . According to experts, it is most likely an albino , an occurrence that is very rare among African elephants . "I have only come across three references to albino calves, which have occurred in Kruger National Park in South Africa," said ecologist Mike Chase, who is in charge of the Elephants Without Borders conservation charity. "This is probably the first documented sighting of an albino elephant in northern Botswana. We have been studying elephants in the region for nearly 10 years now, and this is the first documented evidence of an albino calf that I have come across." The ecologist said that the condition might make it hard for the animal to survive for very long. "What happens to these young albino calves remains a mystery. Surviving this very rare phenomenon is very difficult in the harsh African bush. The glaring sun may cause blindness and skin problems," he noted.
A baby was sighted in the African country of Botswana on Friday by a filmmaker for the BBC as he was filming for a . The cameraman took photographs of the elephant when he noticed it in a herd of around eighty elephants in the . According to experts, it is most likely an , an occurrence that is very rare among . "I have only come across three references to albino calves, which have occurred in in South Africa," said ecologist Mike Chase, who is in charge of the Elephants Without Borders conservation charity. "This is probably the first documented sighting of an albino elephant in northern Botswana. We have been studying elephants in the region for nearly 10 years now, and this is the first documented evidence of an albino calf that I have come across." The said that the condition might make it hard for the animal to survive for very long. "What happens to these young albino calves remains a mystery. Surviving this very rare phenomenon is very difficult in the harsh African bush. The glaring sun may cause and skin problems," he noted.
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