Hogle zoo, and the Ghost of the Bayou
my 1st trip to the zoo here in salt lake.....
this is "Antoine".
This alligator isn’t albino; he’s leucistic, and purely white in color with dazzling blue eyes (well, dazzling might be a bit over the top!)
he was born in 1987.
he's about 9 feet long... a regular american alligator, except for the 'white' part.
weighs about 100kg.
he'll get sunburned if he stays out in the light for too long.
leucism--
it's a genetic condition, he has no pigment cells in his skin at all, but the eyes do have pigment.
there were 18 white baby alligators in all, with 7 other normal ones. they went to the auubon zoo in new orleans, and this one goes on tour.
all the white ones were male.
very rare.
my 1st trip to the zoo here in salt lake.....
this is "Antoine".
This alligator isn’t albino; he’s leucistic, and purely white in color with dazzling blue eyes (well, dazzling might be a bit over the top!)
he was born in 1987.
he's about 9 feet long... a regular american alligator, except for the 'white' part.
weighs about 100kg.
he'll get sunburned if he stays out in the light for too long.
leucism--
it's a genetic condition, he has no pigment cells in his skin at all, but the eyes do have pigment.
there were 18 white baby alligators in all, with 7 other normal ones. they went to the auubon zoo in new orleans, and this one goes on tour.
all the white ones were male.
very rare.
