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Weird Wide Web - The story behind the green puppy─── 15:34 Mon, 26 Oct 2020
Green puppy called Pistachio born in Italy
The farmer named the little dog Pistachio to reflect his unusual colour and told Reuters he plans to raise the puppy to look after sheep with his mother on the farm he runs with his brother-in-law, Giannangelo Liperi.
It is a rare phenomenon for a dog to be born with green-coloured fur, but it is believed to occur when dogs with pale fur are stained by the “meconium” in the mother’s womb, which is the earliest stool produced by an infant animal.
This could also have been caused by a green pigment in the mother’s womb called biliverdin, the same pigment that causes the green colour in bruises. The surprising colour will fade over time, as the mother bathes her puppies and they get older.
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