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Hw are Albinos made? Is it because of the temperature or does it just occur every so often. Thanks

It is a genetic flaw. It happens about the same with all animals. About 8 years ago, the first albino ball pithon was found in the wild. At that time it was probably worth about $20k. It was then bred, with it's offspring all being "het" for albino. This means that an albino and a normal color animal were bred. The colored gene is more dominant so the offspring will all be colored, but carry the albino recessive gene. These offspring were probably selling for about $15-16k each.

Then as some of them get older and can be bred with the original albino, they will usually have some albino offspring. Over a few years, there begins to be more of these albinos and the price begins to drop.