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White tigers
Jonica Farrell
White fur black stripes
White tigers are majestic and beautiful! But, have you thought why white tigers are “white?” Well, white tigers have a lack of pigment in their skin which causes their fur to turn white. They have a name for the lack of pigment which is called “ Peomelanin!” Sense white tigers have a condition that makes them different than real tigers the conditions causes the birth of a white tiger to have problems. One of the problems is the optic nerve, the optic nerve is on the wrong side of the brain so this causes all tigers to be cross eyed. There is only 1-32 white tigers to be born the right way with no health problems, so most of the white tigers are going to be born with a health issue.