White Alligator Returns to the Maritime Aquarium
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
The white alligator returns to the Maritime Aquarium for the summer, from May 26-Labor Day.
Come see one of the rarest animals in the world! Of some 5 million or so American alligators thought to be alive, fewer than 100 are white, according to the St. Augustine Alligator Farm, which owns this “great white of the wetlands.”
The 8-foot American alligator is an albino animal. Albino animals (and people) lack the pigment, called melanin, that normally gives color to the skin, hair and eyes. Aside from being white with pink eyes, the alligator looks, swims and eats like a regular ’gator.
The Maritime Aquarium
10 North Water Street
Norwalk, CT 06854
Phone: 203.852.0700
Come see one of the rarest animals in the world! Of some 5 million or so American alligators thought to be alive, fewer than 100 are white, according to the St. Augustine Alligator Farm, which owns this “great white of the wetlands.”
The 8-foot American alligator is an albino animal. Albino animals (and people) lack the pigment, called melanin, that normally gives color to the skin, hair and eyes. Aside from being white with pink eyes, the alligator looks, swims and eats like a regular ’gator.
The Maritime Aquarium
10 North Water Street
Norwalk, CT 06854
Phone: 203.852.0700
