Rare ‘ghost’ moose seen by Fish and Game team surveying Interior Alaska from plane

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A uncommon kind of moose that’s thought-about sacred by some was noticed by an aerial survey workforce flying over Inside Alaska.

In a panorama the place moose have a tendency to stay out like lumps of coal towards winter snow, this moose was like a ghost, photographs present.

Nonetheless, it isn’t an albino, the Alaska Division of Fish and Recreation reported in a Jan. 13 Fb publish.

“Whereas flying moose inhabitants surveys in Inside Alaska this winter, ADF&G biologists noticed this uncommon, leucistic bull moose,” the division stated.

“Leucism is a genetic mutation that causes a partial lack of pigment within the pores and skin and hair (and feathers and scales in different animals) however not within the eye. This isn’t the identical as albinism by which no melanin is current, and the eyes are pink.”

The precise location of the invention was not revealed.

Leucistic moose are typically known as “ghost moose,” and folklore in some cultures considers them supernatural and even presents from the gods.

The state’s Fb publish has gotten practically 3,000 reactions and feedback, together with some who referred to it as a “spirit animal” that shouldn’t have been photographed. Others begged for GPS coordinates so they may see the animal.