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From: Kathryn Frey (kathryn_frey@greenwich.k12.ct.us)
Date: Mon Mar 31 2003 - 14:50:47 EST

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    Albino whales (or animals) have many physical disadvantages. One
    disadvantage is their color. White is an easy color to see any where in
    the wild because it is rarely a color of natural scenery. White is a
    color that is easily seen underwater, and predators can spot them and hunt
    them down without easier than hunting another spiecies. Another
    disadvantage is their poor eyesight. If a predator is chasing after an
    albino, it cannot see farther than six feet away throught the murky ocean,
    but the predator can. Yet another disadvantage is that they have many
    problems with their blood, like high or low blood pressure, causing
    bleeding for no reason at all. Another disadvantage is that albino
    andmals' immune systerms don't work as well as other animal's, causing
    them to get sick easily, and they go slower when they are being chased by
    a predator. The last disadvantage is that albino animals have a slower
    intelligence and may not react to their surroundings as quickly as any
    other animal would.
    Leo at Hamilton Avenue School 5th grade



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