You probably don't see those colors in the wild because any non-agouti
colors that showed up would be more easily killed by predators, as they
wouldn't blend in to the surrounding sand. It's the same thing with a
lot of albino animals, they are either more easily noticed by their
predators and are eaten, or they're seen by their prey and can't eat.
Mary Elizabeth Chang wrote:
>
> Would someone be so kind as to educate me on this. To me, it seems logical
> that gerbils have been bred with something to bring about all the colors
> that we see now. Were lab or home raised agoutis bred with other species
> to bring colors to the bloodlines? When reading about the discovery of
> gerbils in the wild, I don't recall reading any descriptions of black,
> white, or other colors.
>
> ~Mary
>
> >
