Sarah Weinman

First, a confession: I liked 'The Da Vinci Code.' This news is even more of a surprise to me than it might be to those who, years ago, heard me quip that I quit reading it because 'the moment the albino assassin came through the door, I left.

American Journalist

Chris Pratt

I have a pet lizard named Puff, five goldfish - named Pinky, Brain, Jowels, Pearl and Sandy, an oscar fish named Chef, two pacus, an albino African frog named Whitey, a bonsai tree, four Venus flytraps, a fruit fly farm and sea monkeys.

American Actor

Frankie Boyle

Somehow, I always imagine that Trump spends the evenings with his forehead pressed against the cold glass of an aquarium, talking telepathically to the tormented albino squid in which he has hidden his soul.

Scottish Comedian

Mike White

I'm a weird guy. I'm practically albino. What about me isn't weird?

Writer

Sly Stone

I feel albino musicians could neutralise all the racial problems.

American Musician

Sean Lock

Salad cream is horrible, like albino ketchup.

English Comedian

Use 'albino' carefully to describe someone as it might be sensitive. 'Person with albinism' is more respectful.

Not Insulting

Animals with albinism are more visible to predators, which is often mentioned in wildlife documentaries.

Visibility Issue

Albinism is uncommon, so calling someone or something 'albino' indicates they are rare or unique.

Rare Condition

'Albino' as an adjective often appears in scientific or medical contexts related to albinism.

Medical Context

When used as an adjective, 'albino' mainly describes animals or features, not people.

Non-human Focus

The adjective 'albino' is a neutral term, but awareness of the context and audience is important.

Neutral Term

 about this genetic condition, albinism. And I found really kind of sad images. I didn't find images of this kid. I found images of people sitting in hospital beds, looking sad, looking downtrodden, just images of despair. I found images of a bright red eye, the albino eye. I'm thinking, this kid had beautiful blue eyes,

Rick Guidotti: From...

 the squirrels, the opossums, the nine raccoons, the birds, the rats. It was either that or to designate it a national wildlife refuge. Now Mike had quite a menagerie at his own home and I was curious, so I photographed him. And some of his animals were opossums, an albino raccoon, and this iguana.

National Geographic...

 leukocyte a white blood cell this is a whitish penguin not fully albino because you can see a few a bit of faint patterning on the creature it's a very rare thing it looks like this is a chinstrap by the style of the bill anyway it's something that we hardly

Mutant "Blond" Penguin...

 ones the pride of the city by changing their uniforms these white grey squirrels have successfully subverted humans to their cause albino squirrels are usually rare but only has the biggest concentration in the world they've survived here for

Albino Squirrels in...

 you can't make this stuff up this look has hundreds of unbelievable true stories like who is controlling the zombie ants what's the truth behind crop circles and was the albino Cyclops shark for real how about this if you're

Reef People! PIPE Tales of...

 dolphins are sometimes pink because their capillaries are close to their skin but they're also sometimes pale blue and sometimes they're even an albino off-white there are five freshwater dolphin species in the world

Pink Dolphins? PIPE Weird...

 down for something I didn't believe in I wouldn't risk leaving leaving my family my five children my wife my friends just all for a a show it's not a game this is real now this is my albino rat less than

The Snake Room PIPE Snake...

 know anything his prized albino rattlesnake has died when we got back there was a depressing moment my albino western diamondback had died with him in a bag and getting off strapped you know

Good and Bad News PIPE...

 very few people have seen albino spider monkeys these are the only albinos that have been seen in the wild this is a quite unique event to find not only one

Exclusive: Rare Ghost...

 bumblebee you'd like to know if there are albino hyenas the possibility exists I'm sure but I would think it's more