With its piercing eyes and pale skin this rare Alligator stands out like a sore thumb.
“People are awestruck when they see them, and just one look into those icy, blue eyes will give you chills,” says Mark McHugh, President & CEO of Gatorland.
“These are not albino animals, they are what we call leucistic, which means they have a little bit of pigmentation around the mouth and a little touch on the tail and they have piercing blue eyes.”
Leucistic animals have a rare genetic condition that reduces the color pigmentation in their skin.
Out of a population of 5 million, there are thought to be only 12 leucistic American Alligators.
