Meet the blue-eyed alligator

27Feb2009 Filed under: just attu Author: Attu

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.

‘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.

One Response to “Meet the blue-eyed alligator”

Kiralynn moser
September 18th, 2009 at 00:16

That is cool!My name is Kiralynn if you divide it ,it looks like Kira and Lynn.I love alligators, but I am also scared of them , one time me and my family went to South Carolina and went tubing in a lake with my uncle Phil .And also went swimming and then my mom told my to get out of the water. I asked ,”why”. and then she pointed to a baby croc I tried to tell her it was small and that it was harmless and then she told me that the mother croc might be under the little one and then my uncle Phil got on the tube and scared it away and I think that the mother was under the baby croc because I saw a long tail barely came out of the water.I’m the only one who saw it. the baby croc kept coming back .I think it wants revenge (PLEASE E-mail me back).

Kiralynn M