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Elke maand beantwoord ons kenners lesers se vrae oor voëls, insekte en diere. Stuur jou vrae gerus na redakteur@weg.co.za LOURAINE LOUW van Kenhardt skryf: Dié ystervark het alte heerlik in ons groentetuin gewei. My man, Chris, het dit in ’n hok gevang en in die veld gaan aflaai. Hoekom is die ystervark wit en hoe hou ons hom uit ons groentetuin? Die wildlewekenner L.D. van Essen antwoord: Siende dié Kaapse ystervark in die Boesmanland bly, het die son hom dalk wit verbrand! Op ’n meer ernstige noot: Hoewel alle diere kleurvariasies toon, is dié ystervark heel moontlik leukisties. Leukisme word veroorsaak deur ’n tekort aan melanien vanweë ’n genetiese afwyking. Daar is geen beduidende wetenskaplike bewyse dat leukistiese diere ’n skraler kans op oorlewing het nie en veral in die…

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