'Blew me away': Rare white Kangaroo spotted by Australian woman; pictures amuse netizens

Netizens have been taken by surprise with pictures that have gone viral, which show a rare breed of Kangaroo seen in Outback Queensland. A recently spotted Kangaroo has grabbed attention of many netizens on social media. Have you ever come across a white Kangaroo? In photos, a Kangaroo was seen bounding at a property outside Longreach. It is believed that se rare Kangaroos are only visible once about 50,000 to 100,000 people.

A native of go Station, Sarah Kinn mand to pictures of rare breed of Kangaroo before it disappeared. photos of rare breed were shared on Facebook p of Outback Pioneers. Since ims were posted, y quickly went viral. "I was just out with my husband, we were dropping some rams back to pdock, and re was a white kangaroo," Sarah told ABC News. "It was pretty incredible to see it, if you put a white sheet of paper next to it, that's how white it was," she ded. 

However, Kangaroos are often a beautiful part of scenery for Australians. But a white marsupial is rare. "It was all a bit rushed, we didn't see him for long," Kinn said. She ded, "I just chucked my daughter to my husband, got my camera and that's about all I h time for," as per ABC News. Kinn said that a white kangaroo was spotted on property 15 kilometres from Longreach six months ago but she missed her camera at that time. She ded that she was blown away by rare white Kangaroo. 

Rare white Kangaroo spotted in Queensland

When a peculiarly pigmented creature with white fur, fears, or scales is seen in wild, y are often labeled 'Albi'. This is caused by a defect in enzymes involved in production of melanin due to a genetic mutation. However,  Queensland Museum Curator of Vertebrates Paul Oliver stated that creature captured in pictures was t Albi as it h black eyes. According to Oliver, an Albi has pink eyes, or sometimes re could be ar of mutation called leucism where sometimes y'll have black eyes.

Meanwhile, ims posted on Facebook have amassed 2.5k likes accompanied by comments. People were seen commenting "Wow Sarah, so great you got pics!!"  second user commented, "y are a magnificent sight when you see m. First time I did I thought I was seeing things." third user wrote, "WOW never seen that before."

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