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Why is a white tiger white?

Anonymous

∙ 12y ago

Updated: 8/17/2019

It's due to a recessive gene in the tiger gene pool that only comes about when inbreeding occurs, which rarely, if ever, occurs on the wild; only in captivity is this able to occur.

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