# White kiwi chick

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-kiwi-chick/583715>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 30, 2011, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-kiwi-chick/583715 "2011-05-30T00:31:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2011, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-kiwi-chick/583715/1 "2011-05-30T00:31:44Z")

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A rare [white kiwi chick](http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Rare-white-kiwi-chick-hatches/ss/events/sc/052411kiwichick#photoViewer=/ydownload_getty/20110524/photos_net_web_sc/1306257175) was born in New Zealand. The first one born in captivity.

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2011, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-kiwi-chick/583715/2 "2011-05-30T02:42:01Z")

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So, not a Anna Paquin vs Kylie Bax poll?

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**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2011, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-kiwi-chick/583715/3 "2011-05-30T03:19:23Z")

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I knew I’d get beaten to the “Caucasian NZ girl” jokes.

Anyway, cute chick. Er. You know what I mean.

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**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2011, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-kiwi-chick/583715/4 "2011-05-30T20:41:55Z")

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Maybe he’s just really old and his hair has gone to gray

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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2011, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-kiwi-chick/583715/5 "2011-05-30T22:06:37Z")

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Correct me if I’m wrong, but it’s eyes aren’t pink so it’s not an albino?

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**Author:** ![araminty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2011, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-kiwi-chick/583715/6 "2011-05-31T00:46:36Z")

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Probably [leucistic](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucism).

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2011, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-kiwi-chick/583715/7 "2011-05-31T01:00:54Z")

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Is it anticipated to stay that color, or will it darken as it grows up?