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The famed wildlife park on the Sunshine Coast has been in the midst of ‘joey season’ for the past few months, with a number of new flurry arrivals finally emerging from mothers’ pouches.
But among them was something not often seen — an extremely pale youngster that added an extra element of surprise.
Dr Rosie Booth, director of the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital, explained it’s not a case of albinism, where colour is absent from all physical characteristics like skin, fur and eyes.
Rather, the female joey’s white colouration is the result of a recessive gene likely inherited from her mum Tia, who has birthed other pale coloured babies in the past.
“In veterinary science it’s often referred to as the ‘silvering gene’ where animals are born with white or very pale fur and, just like baby teeth, they eventually shed their baby fur and the regular adult colouration comes through,” Dr Booth said.
Source: White koala joey born at Australia Zoo: naming suggestions wanted | Perth Now
A number of people have been detained following further police raids at two addresses in Newham and Barking in east London.
Residents said they heard “loud flash bangs and gunshots” in the early hours of the morning.
Twitter user BatemanLDN said: “It woke me up along with the whole street. Extremely loud bangs followed by gunshot bangs.
“All ok – very shaken residents nearby though. All quietened down now.”
It comes after seven women and five men, aged between 19 and 60, were arrested under the Terrorism Act on Sunday following raids on flats in Barking and East Ham, east London
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Police say the accident took place along the major road linking two of Kenya’s biggest cities, capital Nairobi and the port of Mombasa.
Leornard Kimaiyo, the police chief in the Kambu area of Maukeni county, says the bus was heading to Mombasa and the trailer in the opposite direction when they collided on Tuesday.
Road accidents kill around 3,000 people in Kenya every year.
Source: 27 killed in bus, truck collision in Kenya | Perth Now
Mr Joyce told a business meeting in Wellington, New Zealand, that flying between the two nations should be just like a domestic trip, Australian Financial Review reported.
‘We think that Australia-New Zealand should have as seamless access as possible. There’s no reason why the travel between the two countries should be not like travel within New Zealand,’ Mr Joyce said on Tuesday.
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