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Peter Parrot · Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 9:15 am Post subject: Albino tadpoles?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7404536.stm
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Bri. · Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 10:54 am Post subject:

Would be interesting to see how long the colouration continues into adult life.....assuming they get that far. The colour would tend to make them stand out a bit Crying or Very sad

Ajfr0ggy · I've settled in... Joined: 04 Feb 2007 Posts: 33

I once found some mixed spawn in my pond, some of the eggs were white, some were black, and some were different shades of grey. They quickly turned into normal black tadpoles once they started growing.

Im not sure I completley agree with the article, if one albino is found in a population, theres a good chance that there would be more in that group.

quasimodo · Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 4:14 pm Post subject:

Interesting. Do hope that the people monitoring them are a 'hands on' group. It would be a shame to just let all of the wee frogs wander out into the world to be eaten. Hope that lots are scooped up and cared for properly in a controlled environment, just in case they do grow up to be albino. TBH do not see how pink-eyed albinos could change colour.

Dragon Breeder · Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 10:02 am Post subject:

i always wondered if albino tadpoles would be white - i assumed they would but... heres my problem
nobody ever posts photos and when you breed albino frogs... surely they have little white tadpoles? - and Ive seen a lot of spawn like that, it tends just to die - i always assumed it was unfertilized eggs
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Peter Parrot · Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 7:36 pm Post subject:

Infertile spawn normally enters the world blackish in colour and then very quickly develop the whiteness which creeps across until the egg is almost completely greyish white. The spawn in the BBC article looks a uniform pinkish white which is different again.

I would be inclined to not interfere with clutches of albino spawn if I were ever to disover any. In my opinion it would be best advised to allow nature to follow it`s course. Natural selection is precisely that. Albinism is a far from perfect design for survival in the natural world (which is where the spawn in the article was allegedly discovered) and as such would be weeded out naturally. It would be far better to allow the natural selection process to operate without interference than it would be to artificially orchestrate the continuation of a line brought about by a seemingly very rare genetic mishap with no apparent benefit to the long term survival of the species concerned whatsoever.
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MJ · Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 7:53 pm Post subject:

I have to agree with Pete on this one as far as interfering with albino tadpoles and the like as said nature would pick them off for various reasons plus what would it serve apart from human curiosity?
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Peter Parrot · Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 8:13 pm Post subject:

Dragon Breeder · Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 8:27 pm Post subject:

Peter - that is one ugly wee monster - in my opinion anyway haha Laughing

can see through it... gross...

but thanks for showing me
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Ailurus · Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 9:04 pm Post subject:

wow that frog looks cool. it looks more leucistic rather than albino, as it eyes are black
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