18 Animals That Lost and Won the Genetic Lottery at the Same Time

White turtles, black zebras, golden tigers, pink katydids — they often don’t survive for long in the wild without the benefits of their natural coloring. However, such animals never fail to capture people's hearts.

Snow-white kangaroo: The coat of this baby kangaroo looks amazingly white compared to its gray companion. The gray coloring helps them to blend in with the background and avoid predators. Albino kangaroos are very vulnerable to sunburn because of their skin. One of the first white kangaroos was spotted more than 5 years ago at the Namadgi National Park, Australia.