For the first time, a blind wild cat was found hunting "imaginary prey".

Albino ocelot spotted in Colombia.

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Inside one of the Medellin parks, a wild albino cat (albino ocelot), belonging to the feline family, is busy hunting imaginary prey, and it is the first animal of this kind to be monitored in Colombia, and scientists are likely to have this discovery due to deforestation in the natural habitat of these cats in the country Latin American.

Residents of the village of Amafli, located in northwest Colombia in the department of Antioquia, found the wild cat just over a year ago.

Initially, biologists working in the Medellin Park, in which the wild albino cat was placed, indicated that the finding of this animal was “very unusual and unusual”, without specifying its type.

Park director Jorge Ubad said that biologists had confirmed, after months of genetic analysis, that the animal was "a unique case that had not been discovered before."

The scientist saw that the genetic mutation of the animal predicted a worrying reality.

Obad explains that “albino ocelot populations are becoming more isolated” due to deforestation, which leads to “interbreeding between members of the same family.”

Experts confirm that this species of feline, which weighs about 13 kilograms, cannot survive in its natural habitat, because of the color of its fur that attracts predators, in addition to the fact that the albino ocelot is completely blind.

A recent report by Colombia's Ministry of the Environment notes that Amalfi, where the animal was found, is one of the areas hardest hit by deforestation in northeastern Colombia.

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