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Wouldn't it be great if this was a black eyed lucy instead of just a mineral incrusted gator?
A white alligator is seen resting on an island of the Vista Plantation golf course in Vero Beach, Fla. in this undated photo.
http://news.bostonherald.com/news/n..._is_not_rare_albino/srvc=home&position=recentOfficials: White alligator is not rare albino
By Associated Press
Saturday, December 27, 2008 - Added 22h ago
VERO BEACH, Fla. — Animal control officials say a white alligator seen resting at a subdivision along Florida’s Atlantic coast is not a rare albino alligator.
Rather, the 300-pound, 10-foot-long adult alligator, gets its color from a coating of white minerals from untreated water pouring out of an artesian well that empties into the lake it swims in.
Officials say the coating is on the animal’s thick skin and isn’t a threat to its health.
An official says the alligator lacks a distinguishing trait of a true albino alligator: pink eyes.
A white alligator is seen resting on an island of the Vista Plantation golf course in Vero Beach, Fla. in this undated photo.