Mary Allen
Halittu mai rai tare da zabiya ko zabiya mutum ne ko dabba. Fatarsa da gashinsa fari ne. A pigments samar da launi a cikin fata da kuma gashi. Waɗannan ƙananan barbashi ne masu launi waɗanda kowane ɗan adam ke da shi. Zabiya suna da ƙasa ko ma babu ko kaɗan. Shi yasa fatarsu ko gashinsu fari ne. Ba cuta ba ce, kawai wani nau'i ne na musamman. Ana kiranta albinism.
Ba tare da pigments, fata yana da matukar damuwa ga hasken rana. Mutanen da ke da zabiya suna samun konewar rana cikin sauƙi. Shi ya sa suka gwammace su zauna a gida ko aƙalla sanya maɗaurin rana mai kyau.
Yawancin zabiya suna da wasu matsaloli, musamman idanuwansu. Wasu na iya gani da kyau, yayin da wasu makafi ne. Albinism kuma na iya haifar da squinting. Domin babu pigment, idanuwan zabiya yawanci ja ne. Wannan shine ainihin kalar idanun mutane. Wasu zabiya suna da wasu cututtuka na yau da kullun.
Polar bear ba zabiya bane domin fari shine launin kamanninsa kuma duk polar bears fari ne. Farin penguin kuwa, zabiya ne saboda yawancin penguin suna da yawa baƙar fata ko ma fuka-fukan masu launi. Albinism na iya zama haɗari sosai ga dabba: yawancin dabbobi yawanci suna da gashin gashi ko gashin fuka-fukai don kada su yi fice a cikin muhalli. Predators suna ganin zabiya cikin sauƙi.
Mutanen da ke da zabiya a wasu lokuta ana yi musu ba'a ko kuma a yi musu ba'a. A cikin ƴan ƙasashe, mutane da yawa ma sun yi imani da sihiri. Wadannan mutane suna tsoron zabiya. Ko kuma sun yi imanin cewa cin sassan jikin zabiya zai kara maka lafiya da karfi. A Tanzaniya, alal misali, ana kashe mutane kusan 30 a kowace shekara saboda wannan.