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Thibodaux is leucistic – an extremely rare condition that causes the alligator to have translucent white skin and deep blue eyes. Leucism causes the partial loss of all types of pigmentation ...
An all-white baby gator made history as “the rarest alligator in the world” when she squirmed out of her shell at a Florida wildlife park in 2023.
Albinism is the congenital absence of melanin in an animal or plant resulting in white hair, feathers, scales and skin and reddish pink or blue eyes. [1] [2] Individuals with the condition are referred to as albinos. Varied use and interpretation of the terms mean that written reports of albinistic animals can be difficult to verify.
Both the eyes and legs are still of the normal colour. Leucism (/ ˈ l uː s ɪ z əm,-k ɪ z-/) [2] [3] [4] is a wide variety of conditions that result in partial loss of pigmentation in an animal—causing white, pale, or patchy coloration of the skin, hair, feathers, scales, or cuticles, but not the eyes. [4] It is occasionally spelled leukism.
An average adult American alligator's weight and length is 360 kg (790 lb) and 4 m (13 ft), but they sometimes grow to 4.4 m (14 ft) long and weigh over 450 kg (990 lb). [11] The largest ever recorded, found in Louisiana, measured 5.84 m (19.2 ft). [12] The Chinese alligator is smaller, rarely exceeding 2.1 m (7 ft) in length.
An extremely rare white leucistic alligator has been born at a Florida reptile park. The 19.2-inch (49 cm) female slithered out of its shell and into the history books as one of a few known ...
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The alligator likely suffered during the healing process, but continued to hunt and eat, experts say. “The section where those teeth should be in her jaw has been filled back in with bone and ...