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Extremely rare piebald deer couple found roaming Long Island

New York Post·Zoe Hussain·about 1 month ago
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 An extremely rare pair of breeding deer was recently spotted on Long Island, according to reports. The striking pair of piebald deer, consisting of a buck and a doe, was found within the Long Island Pine Barrens in Suffolk County, Pix11 reported. The striking pair of piebald deer, consisting of a buck and a doe, was found within the Long Island Pine Barrens in Suffolk County. Pix11 Piebald deer — which are born with a rare genetic condition that gives them patches of white hair mixed with their normal brown colored hair — appear in only about 1% of the white-tailed deer population, according to a report for the Southeast Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study . At least one of the stark white deer with small dark spots has been captured in a series of photographs in a wooded eastern Long Island backyard since December, Newsday reported. “I was actually shocked when I first saw it,” the resident, Logan K, told CBS New York earlier this month.…

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