Whitey is an albino for the same reason that occasional humans are: congenital lack of black pigment cells in the skin. For some reason albino frogs are far rarer than albino humans, lobsters ...

While rare animals, such as white elephants, albino buffaloes or variegated plants are revered, albino humans are often viewed as biological defects rather than admired.

A new study finds that certain dogs, just like certain humans, carry a gene mutation that causes albinism.