• Question: is there only one existing down syndrome tiger?

    Asked by to Shaylon on 26 Jun 2014. This question was also asked by .
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      Shaylon Stolk answered on 26 Jun 2014:

      Kenny the tiger is the only documented tiger with Downs. There may be others in the wild that didn’t survive to adulthood, or were never documented by humans.

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    James commented on :

    This probably happens in the wild too but it’s unlikely that the individuals would survive to adulthood. It’s similar for albinism (loss of pigmentation) – in pythons, albinos rarely survive because they can’t camouflage themselves