Meet The White And Black Giraffes, The Worlds Rarest Animals (9 Pics)

One thing we can all agree on, giraffes are awesome! They are a symbol of Africa and can be found all over the continent. These creatures are beautiful dressed in their normal skin, but here I present you the black melanistic giraffe and the white leucistic giraffe.

Melanistic animals are the complete opposite. They have high concentration of melanin in the skin. It is an inherited condition, due to a mutation of a part of a gene, called allele. Experts say melanism might be an adaptive mutation, black animals having a better chance of survival in hostile environments. For instance, they are more difficult to spot by a predator during the night.