Rare Albino Shark Found in British Waters

_{Jason Gillespie stumbled across a rare albino shark on the Isle of Wight, England. (Photo: SWNS / Fox News)}

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Rare albino sharks are caught off the coast of England, precisely near the Isle of Wight or the Island of Wight, England. The rare fish was caught by Jason Gillespie (50) while fishing in the deep sea in the area. When he saw a tope shark as high as 3 feet. This was reported by the SWNS news agency.

"I've been fishing for 30 years and I've never seen anything like it," said Gillespie, "It's a fish (rare to find) a lifetime, one in a million."

Tope sharks, or school sharks, have a condition called leucism that results in a loss of pigmentation.

Leukism occurs when some or all of the pigment cells fail to develop during differentiation, resulting in some or all of the animal's body surface lacking cells capable of making pigments.

Gillespie explained that he had heard of an all-white shark before, but had never seen one in person.

"I (have) heard about one person from Wales who arrested one year ago, but the number is much smaller, about 6 lb," said Gillespie, as quoted by Fox News , Tuesday (6/10/2020).

"I think generally if they lose their color, they are fighting for survival, because they don't have the same camouflage. They also can't hunt effectively and then get caught by predators," he explained.

"As for the tope, they are a protected species, so we released them. But as soon as we saw this one, I screamed at my friend to get the net and knew I needed to take some photos, so we pulled them onto the boat and took some photos," added Gillespie. .

After photographing the tope shark for "less than 1 minute," this resident of Waterlooville, Hampshire, released it back into the ocean.

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