The White Lion

blanco(Phantero leo candidus) lion is the cousin of the Brown lion. We crossed them occasionally on the natural reserves in South Africa, and are selectively bred in many zoos around the world. According to African beliefs, this animal is divine and if it crosses your path gives happiness.[citation needed] Its existence has been relevant in the public since the 1970's by Chris McBride in his book the White Lions of Timbavati (The White Lions of Timbavati).According to what is believed, its gene has always been in the code of the normal lions, but since it is a recessive gene, it is very rare to appear this type of Lions (that's seen just for the first time in the 70's) and in the wild they may not survive for long, because by their white furIt has indicated camouflage that allows the normal Lions hunt without any problem.These lions were found for the first time in Timbavati. To the local tribe of this region, White Lions are sacred, and even have a legend that explains his appearance; his legend spoke of an ancicana who headed an indigenous community, which was responsible for helping give birth to the lionesses mothers; one afternoon, a light illuminated it, and suddenly disappeared, years passed and one morning a lioness would give light, and at the same moment, appeared, more young, the lioness who was giving birth, had a small White Lion with the eyes as blue as the sky, people said that he had given his years to create a new life and a new species , years later many White Lions were born.

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