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Meet Jose Blanco, the alligator
By Times Staff Writer
Published December 15, 2005
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[Photos courtesy of the Florida Aquarium ]
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The Florida Aquarium has an eye-catching visitor for the next few weeks: Jose Blanco, a rare white alligator. The gator with bright blue eyes is on loan from the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans. Found as a hatchling by a fisherman in the Louisiana swamps in 1987, the alligator now weighs 250 pounds and is 10 feet long. But it's not an albino. The coloring is the result of a slightly different genetic mutation known as leucism.
Jose Blanco is on display in the wetlands area of the aquarium through March 15. The aquarium is open from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily except Dec. 25. Admission is $17.95 adults, $14.95 seniors, $11.95 ages 2 to 11, younger than 2 free. 813 273-4000; www.flaquarium.org
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