





This albino tapir was a local legend in southeastern Brazil's Atlantic rain forest until National Geographic contributing photographer Luciano Candisani used a camera trap to grab this image of the strange pig-like animal.

Tapirs, albino or otherwise, are dwindling as man has wiped out 85 percent of the Atlantic rain forest.





"My heart skipped a beat when, while reviewing the photos from one night, the white tapir suddenly appeared in one of the frames," Candisani told National Geographic.