That is one rare bird: Black penguin suffers from 'one in a zillion mutation'
By Mail Foreign Service
Last updated at 5:04 PM on 09th March 2010
Dark: The black penguin stands out from the crowd and has been hailed as 'astonishing'黑暗：那黑企鵝脫穎而出的群體，並已被歡呼為'驚人'
Sticking out of the crowd like a sore thumb, this rare black penguin is causing quite a stir among bird experts.
The bird, which was spotted in Fortuna Bay, on the island of South Georgia, has been described as having a ‘one in a zillion mutation’ by ornithologist Dr Allan Baker.
Dr Baker, of the University of Toronto, said the bird had turned black because he has lost control of his pigmentation patterns.
He added: ‘That is astonishing. I’ve never ever seen that before…Presumably it’s some kind of mutation.’
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南冰洋驚見全黑企鵝
2010年03月10日
企鵝向來是黑色，只有腹部呈白色，但南冰洋的南喬治亞島有一隻企鵝卻全身呈黑色。專家指，黑企鵝其實患上黑變病，病發率是 25萬分一，罕有得連學術界都沒有相關研究。
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