Monday, February 16, 2009

Gator Update (Old Blue Eyes Edition)

The white bite: Meet the blue-eyed alligator who stands out like a sore thumb | Mail Online: "With his piercing blue eyes and pale skin this rare alligator stands out like a sore thumb.

Weighing over 500 pounds, Bouya Blan is one of only 12 white alligators in the world.

The 22-year-old, whose name means white fog, lives along with three other giant leucistic alligators at the world famous Gatorland theme park in Florida."

Great photo at link.

7 comments:

Janet Rudolph said...

San Francisco's new California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park has Claude, a resident of the former Academy of Sciences. He is a white alligator. http://www.lovetoeatandtravel.com/site/Sfbay/SF/Fun/park_ca_academy_swamp.htm

mybillcrider said...

Sadly, Alvin doesn't have a white gator.

Anonymous said...

I have the paint, if you can get the gator.

mybillcrider said...

I think I'll take a pass.

Cap'n Bob said...

That's the silliest expression I've ever seen on a gator. Maybe he looks better in profile.

Anonymous said...

Somehow the juxtaposition of "gator" and "sore thumb" conjured up unpleasant thoughts.

Brent McKee said...

Oh never smile at a crocodile...

Or in this case a grinning white alligator.