Pearl - an albino alligator with skin so bright she truly lives up to her name.
The seven and a half-foot-long (2.28m), 105-pound (47.6 kgs) alligator is no slouch and her pink eyes make it hard to see where she is looking.
The incredible images show Pearl, the resident albino alligator at Gatorland in Orlando.
'Pearl is ten years old,' said a spokesperson for the park.
'She arrived at Gatorland when she was three years old. Pearl is an albino alligator, due to the complete absence of pigmentation, which gives her white skin and pink eyes.
'Visitors to the park like to come and see a rare albino alligator like Pearl.'
The 100-acre theme park, which has been open since 1949, is also home to 'leucistic' alligators, which are alligators that have dark eyes but also lack pigmentation in their skin.
Only around 15 in five million alligators are born with this genetic default.
Sadly, leucistic alligators and crocodiles are highly desirable when it comes to making expensive handbags.
The park attempts to combat their slaughter by buying and rescuing alligators from trappers that would kill them for their meat and skin.
Other white gators that have been residents at Gatorland over the years include albino Whitie, an alligator that toured Europe nine years ago and Bouya Blan, who was found deep in a Louisiana swamp.
Bino, another albino breed, famously had to receive acupuncture treatment at his home in Brazil's Sao Paulo Aquarium after suffering back and leg problems.
The seven and a half-foot-long (2.28m), 105-pound (47.6 kgs) alligator is no slouch and her pink eyes make it hard to see where she is looking.
The incredible images show Pearl, the resident albino alligator at Gatorland in Orlando.
'Pearl is ten years old,' said a spokesperson for the park.
'She arrived at Gatorland when she was three years old. Pearl is an albino alligator, due to the complete absence of pigmentation, which gives her white skin and pink eyes.
'Visitors to the park like to come and see a rare albino alligator like Pearl.'
The 100-acre theme park, which has been open since 1949, is also home to 'leucistic' alligators, which are alligators that have dark eyes but also lack pigmentation in their skin.
Only around 15 in five million alligators are born with this genetic default.
Sadly, leucistic alligators and crocodiles are highly desirable when it comes to making expensive handbags.
The park attempts to combat their slaughter by buying and rescuing alligators from trappers that would kill them for their meat and skin.
Other white gators that have been residents at Gatorland over the years include albino Whitie, an alligator that toured Europe nine years ago and Bouya Blan, who was found deep in a Louisiana swamp.
Bino, another albino breed, famously had to receive acupuncture treatment at his home in Brazil's Sao Paulo Aquarium after suffering back and leg problems.
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Source: Daily Mail , Gatorland.
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