Yellow Penguins For The Win! Photographer Yves Adams Captures Rare Yellow Penguin
If you think black penguins are a treat for the eyes, you would definitely love this rare penguin who ditched the usual black tuxedo for a yellow one! Twitter Outlook Web Bureau 2021-02-20T15:41:37+05:30 Yellow Penguins For The Win! Photographer Yves Adams Captures Rare Yellow Penguin outlookindia.com 2021-02-20T16:06:11+05:30
On his trip to an island in South Georgia in 2019, photographer wildlife photographer Yves Adams spotted a yellow penguin. Recently he released the photographs he took of the magnificent penguin and the internet is in love!
Not only was it lucky of them to have stumbled upon the flightless bird in the first place, but it was also close enough to the group of photo-adventurers about 50 meters (150 feet) away to be snapped in all of its yellow-coated glory. None of the other penguins, nor seals or other natural obstacles were in the way.
Turns out, this yellow specimen is unique because of a thing called leucism, a condition whereby the animal loses part of its pigmentation, which in turn causes changes in its color they become white, pale, or patchy on their skin, hair, feathers, or scales, but, unlike albinism, it doesn’t affect the eyes.