The distinctive creature burst into sight after infrared cameras captured its figure about 2,000 meters above sea level in the Wolong National Nature Reserve in April 2019.
With no spots on its body and unique red eyes, the wild giant panda was concluded to be an albino, hitherto the only one of its kind anywhere on Earth.
albino /ælˈbiːnəʊ/ n. 患白化病的人(或动物)
而在另一组“他拍”视角中，白色大熊猫的眼睛受雪地阳光反射的影响，几乎睁不开，全身的毛发透着金白色，它扭动着胖乎乎的身体，四个脚掌则都是粉白色。
疑似拍到白色大熊猫与母亲同框
当日公布的一组视频显示，一个傍晚，白色大熊猫闯入了一对熊猫母子的巢域，树洞中的熊猫妈妈发出一声极短的警示，熊猫幼崽便毫不犹豫扑了上去，白色大熊猫边向后撤退边发出叫声。望着幼崽追着白色大熊猫跑走后，熊猫妈妈镇定自若地继续蹭痒痒，未踏出树洞半步。
In the video recorded at the end of February this year, the all-white panda walked towards the mother panda and the cub resting in a tree hollow and signaled to interact. However, the mother panda didn't leave the hollow and kept calm.
40分钟后，白色大熊猫独自折返树洞，母熊猫主动出击驱赶。后来，画面外不时有熊猫想要靠近，弱弱发出叫声，母熊猫偶尔站起来，不耐烦地发出低沉的吼声，给予驱离的回应。还有几段影像显示，母熊猫离开以后，白色大熊猫又回到树洞前面仔细嗅闻；熊猫幼崽回到树洞前仔细嗅闻；熊猫幼崽沿着白色大熊猫足迹探索寻找。
After the mother and the cub left the hollow, the all-white panda came back to the tree hollow and sniffed every place where the mother panda stayed.
红外相机拍摄到的白色大熊猫（左一）与大熊猫母子同框的画面
“有一种可能，这只母熊猫是白色大熊猫的妈妈。”中国大熊猫保护研究中心教授级高级工程师魏荣平说，画面中的幼崽约1到2岁，而白色大熊猫的体型已接近成年个体大小。当时的卧龙已进入野生大熊猫发情季，这时遇见成年大熊猫靠近或入侵，一般带崽的母熊猫会表现出很强的攻击性，会冲上前激烈地吼叫驱逐，甚至对其大打出手。这只母熊猫表现极其“淡定”，不太符合一般规律，只有妈妈闻出了孩子的气味，感觉到安全，才会表现得如此平和。
"The cub in the footage is about one to two years old, and the all-white panda is nearly the size of an adult. At the end of February, wild pandas in Wolong have entered the estrus season, during which the female pandas with cubs can be very aggressive when an adult panda approaches or invades," said Wei Rongping, a senior engineer at the China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Pandas.
"This female panda was extremely 'calm' and did not conform to the general rule. One possibility is that the female panda is the mother of the all-white panda," Wei added.
魏荣平介绍，以往的野外跟踪研究发现，母熊猫和它的孩子有许多时间共处一个相互重叠的巢域内，离开母亲独立生活的个体会在三四年内多次回家看望妈妈。它会不停示好想要亲近，母亲往往会默默接受或温和地将其赶走，而其兄弟姐妹则会更愿意与它追逐玩闹。“这些也都比较符合红外相机记录到的事态发展，白色大熊猫极尽示好，却被妈妈坚定地拒绝。”魏荣平说。
大熊猫母子离开树洞后，白色大熊猫又回到树洞前
