An extremely rare leucistic alligator born in Gatorland, Orlando, is the result of a genetic condition that leads to the partial loss of skin pigmentation, resulting in white or translucent skin.
Leucistic animals happen naturally all the time. The reason there are so few is because they get eaten pretty quickly.
Although the mutation can be intentionally bred for, it likely isn’t what happened here. It’s a gator farm, and if you mass produce any animal you’re going to eventually see interesting color variations pop up.
Leucistic animals happen naturally all the time. The reason there are so few is because they get eaten pretty quickly.
Although the mutation can be intentionally bred for, it likely isn’t what happened here. It’s a gator farm, and if you mass produce any animal you’re going to eventually see interesting color variations pop up.
You claim that inbreeding “isn’t likely” and then immediately follow with a sentence that directly refutes that. FFS. Is this all bots?!
How did my sentence directly refute it? Generally people who raise animals for food intentionally introduce genetic variety to avoid genetic issues.