White Nile Crocodile | How crocodile suspected of being used to make Hermes Birkin bags so rare?

The Hermès Birkin white purse made from albino crocodile skin is one of the most expensive and expensive bags in the world. But how rare is a white alligator?

Crocodile is not strange to many people, but crocodile with white body is a "rare extreme".

Yet, according to recent rumors, the Hermès Himalayan Crocodile Birkin bag is made from the skin of the crocodiles themselves. Hearing is also reasonable, as the Hermes Himalayan Crocodile Birkin is one of the "most expensive bags" in the world, with an estimated hand value of $ 50,000. And only a few giants "count on the tip" hand is owned only it.

Hermès Himalayan Crocodile Birkin Bag.

According to the Telegraph, white crocodiles are one of the rarest animals in the world, and only 12 are recorded today.

White crocodiles can be due to albinism, or leucistic - a disease of the genes, which reduces the pigmentation on the body. In individuals with leucistic phenomena, they have only a slight pigmentation in the mouth, tail tips and blue eyes (instead of red albino).

Meanwhile, the number of normal albino crocodiles is also rare. Of the more than 2 million alligators in the United States, only 40 to 50 individuals have albinism.

White crocodiles can be due to albinism, or leucistic - a disease of the genes, which reduces the pigmentation on the body.

Like many albino animals, with their sensitive skin, albino crocodiles are afraid of sunlight and are prone to skin cancer if exposed to the sun. So they always hide in the dark.

According to experts, the maintenance of albino animals, especially albino crocodiles, is extremely difficult because of the prominent skin color that makes them vulnerable to exposure to the sun, only to be exposed to the sun. It also harmed them.

That's why almost all of the naturally occurring albino crocodiles are "almost zero" that they are introduced to feed and care in captivity.

The American bio-ecosystem in New Orleans has kept a leucistic white crocodile, found in the Louisiana marshes in 1987. However, he died at the age of 28 by 2015.

In essence, the Hermès Birkin bag is made only from the skin of the common Nile crocodile.

Ok rare, but ...

Unfortunately, the Himalayan Crocodile Birkin Hermes Hersely Crocodile Birkin bag is all false. Perhaps this rumor comes from the full name of the bag is Matte White Himalayan Niloticus Crocodile Diamond Birkin.

In essence, it is made only from the skin of the common Nile crocodile skin, but undergoes an extremely painstaking process of dyeing to produce a white-and-brown finish that simulates a snow-capped Himalayan image. .

But even if it is not made of albino skin, the bag itself is enough to make the sisters to ... suffocate. All the hardware is white gold plated 18-karat, attach 240 diamonds. Every year Hermès also produces only 1-2 bags of this kind, so obviously wanting to own a bag is not just enough money to afford.