No idea if this is common

A learned scholar? Colin, I'm impressed. Knowledge truly is power and enlightment!

Would it be offensive of me to ask a fellow zoologist, "Are you gonna' eat that?" after they complete a disection?

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ColinFraser said:
Finally, a bonsai nut post where my zoology education and years of animal breeding are relevant! Haha.
If I've learned anything in my experience with selective breeding of such mutations, it is that many different genotypes can cause very similar phenotypes. Without genetic testing or breeding experiments to show otherwise, a white deer from New York and a white deer from California can look exactly the same and still have completely different genetic mechanisms underlying their appearance.
Mammalian melanin genes are well studied, and genetic testing would be straightforward if it was really important to know for sure. Without it, we're left to speculate, and I'll stick with mine.
Finally, the red-eyes thing can be a bit deceiving, as most large mammal albinos don't have white-lab-rat level red eyes. They are often a very disappointing pale whitish-pinkish-bluish; especially in photographs where lighting is everything.
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Maybe you could help me understand this chimp/toad thing?
 
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