Monday, January 09, 2006

Albino Raccoon



When 88-year old Lyle Gleason of Bartlett, TN looked in his backyard he found something in box trap he had never seen before -- a true albino raccoon. The chances of a raccoon being an albino are estimated at one out of 750,000, and most albino raccoons do not reach maturity because of predation.

Gleason has moved every other raccoon he has caugh to a swamp about 10 miles away, but released this special one back into his backyard. “I hope I catch him again,” he said.

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