Albino Organisms

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Albino organisms are less fit to thrive in the wild than the wild type organisms because they face several challenges of survival one of them is their white or bright coat, which is not really a desirable feature in the wild, a predator animal or a pray animal rely on their colors of their coats

to hunt animals or camouflaging from predators, so having a white or bright color make them stand out and easy to be prayed or starve to

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