#white-skinned leucistic alligator

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Extremely rare white alligator is born at a Florida reptile park

This photo provided by Gatorland shows a white-skinned, leucistic alligator. There are only seven leucistic alligators in the world with three of them located at Gatorland Orlando, according to officials with the reptile park located in central Florida, who announced the birth on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023.

 (Ken Guzzetti/Gatorland via AP)

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Wait so if fpk has albinism(I know you use another word but have no time to look that up now(actually that's a lie, I'm just a bit lazy)), then is he a Pale Being, or are Pale Beings mean something else in your AU?

Leucism is the word I use, and they're not exactly the same thing. The idea is similar, it usually results in a coat that is pale in color, but where albinism is a complete lack of melanin (often resulting in red or very pale eyes), leucism is only a partial loss of pigment, so in many cases the animal has patches of pale skin instead of being completely white (look up leucistic alligators for a really nice example; piebaldism is another word I've seen people use for those cases). In FPK's case, you can see it in his darker belly, hands and feet, as well as the fact that his eyes are just naturally blue as opposed to pale or pink.

In the AU, Pale Being simply referred to FPK and WL, and was moreso a term describing their appearance than anything else. It might have also referred to their use of soul magic, which would give them even more of an identity that would separate them from other higher beings, but that's about as far as it goes. They're not unique from the gods (well, FPK is, but that is for a whole another reason, he was still widely considered to be a god so that doesn't really count here), it's basically just what people used when talking about them or any of their offspring if they had them (that one didn't turn out quite as people expected, though).

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A blue-eyed reptile slithered out of its shell and into the history books as one of the extremely rare births of a white-skinned, leucistic alligator.

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SANGHEILI HEADCANON TIEM

Okay okay so we’re all in agreement that the Sangheili have a sick design and it’s super fun to think of all the various ways they could look, like different skin tones, eye colours, markings, etc.

But I’m sure one type of design that’s crossed a lot of people’s minds is an albino Sangheili, and so I’ve made it my job today to delve into what that could theoretically and realistically look like and how they would exist in the Halo universe!

(Full disclaimer: I am not an “ologist” of any kind and the following is 100% speculation based on what I was able to research, so apologies if there’s any information I get incorrect.)

So the first thing to consider and look at is how real-world albinism works. Albinism can be present in humans, animals, and even plants (bet you didn’t know that. Neither did I). The simplest way I can explain how it’s caused is it stems from a gene mutation that occurs during the growth of the embryo that prevents the natural production of melanin, the pigments that give our skin, eyes, and hair their colour. This is what makes organisms with albinism appear white or lacking in darker colours. 

The poster-child appearance for albinism is pure white skin/fur/feathers/scales and red/pink eyes, but this isn’t always the case. Some species with albinism possess the yellow or red/orange pigmentations known as carotenoids, which are actually caused by the animal’s diet, unlike melanin which is naturally produced by the body. As for the eyes, the lack of melanin actually makes all of the blood vessels visible, which is what gives them their red colour.

(It’s also important to note that albinism should not be confused with leucism; albinism is the complete loss of pigmentation, while leucism is the partial loss of pigmentation. Leucism also affects all pigments, not just melanin, which is why leucistic snakes for example are pure white (or piebald; leucism can be very patchy) and have no visible patterns, because the carotenoids are also being prevented. Leucistic animals also commonly have blue eyes.)

Now, what are the health impacts of albinism? Creatures with albinism are generally as healthy as any other of their species (well, most of the time anyway; sometimes there are exceptions) - it’s external factors that give them a less than stellar reputation. For wild animals, albinism obviously gets rid of any camouflage, so prey are easy targets for predators, and predators find it difficult to go unnoticed by prey. But the food chain isn’t their biggest threat: it’s actually the sun.

Melanin is our natural protection against UV, and without it, we’re extremely vulnerable to burns and skin cancer. Since albinism affects your eyes, sunlight can seriously harm your vision, too - think of melanin in your eyes as natural sunglasses; take those sunglasses away and the light is suddenly not very pleasant to look at. Not only are you photosensitive, but there’s no UV protection here either, so prolonged exposure in the sunlight means your vision will quickly degrade. The same goes for animals, and this is why many don’t survive to adulthood.

So, with all that in mind, let’s take a look at some real-world photos of albinism (in reptiles specifically, since Sangheili are saurian) so we can start putting together how it might look on a Sangheili.

Since albinism appears differently on varying species, we’ll start by organizing them by type and then decide which varient works best for a Sangheili. 

Starting with snakes, patterned carotenoids are very common, and in some cases parts of the snake can even appear translucent:

Lizards are also very similar in that aspect:

Crocodillians (usually alligators) however don’t always have prominent patterning, so a majority of them are mostly white with tinted areas of carotenoids instead:

(Babies are an exception though)

There’s also turtles, but I wanted to keep this list limited to reptiles that are similar to Sangheili.

Now, which out of all the above is correct for an albino Sangheili?

Looking at the model, well...it could honestly be any of them. It’s entirely dependent on the creative liberties you take with your character - for example, if you want your Sangheili to have patterning, then they’ll probably have carotenoids since they’re omnivorous (but because they’re aliens, those pigments might not even be yellow or red/orange). However, if your Sangheili is a lot more plain, then they’ll most likely be more white with slight tinting, like alligators.

If you want my opinion though, Sangheili skin seems to resemble a combination of crocodillians and lizards the most. They have rough, bumpy osteoderms lining their head, shoulders, and back, as well as loose patches of skin, especially around the mouth and neck. The latter I could see having a slight translucency to it with albinism, but the former would be plain white (with some hints of pigmentation), since the rest of their skin is very thick.

However, there’s one thing about the Sangheili that makes them differ slightly to Earth’s albinos:

Sangheili blood isn’t red.

(Even though it tehcnically should be because oxygen is what makes blood cells red and Sangheili breathe oxygen but whatever ALIENS)

But why am I bringing this up, you ask?

Well, remember that red eyes in albinos are caused by the blood vessels being visible due to the lack of melanin. So, if Sangheili blood isn’t red...

That’s right, albino Sangheili would have indigo-coloured eyes instead. 

The colour of the blood could also potentially affect some of the white on their skin, especially where translucency and visible blood vessels are concerned, making them appear more blue or purple tinted.

So yeah, that’s something to keep in mind.

WOO, now that we’ve covered how albino Sangheili would look, it’s time to go over if they would even be around in the Halo universe!

And, well...they actually wouldn’t.

And that’s not because they can’t exist in the first place, they absolutely can be born because it’s simply a genetic mutation. The reason you wouldn’t ever see one though is because they would never survive for long.

Especially on Sanghelios.

Sanghelios, for those of you who don’t know, is a planet in a tri-star system, meaning it has THREE SUNS. As such, the planet’s surface is an incredibly harsh environment, and most of its land is dry and rocky.

Remember what I said about albinism causing a lack of UV protection? Albino reptiles are especially prone to UV radiation because they have no fur or feathers, which would otherwise provide some protection.

And since the Sangheili are so far behind on medical science, they would have no idea that it’s the sunlight that kills their albinos.

In fact, as Sangheili are very supersitious, I wouldn’t be surprised if they actually believe these “white childlings born with eyes of blood” are cursed. They’re probably seen as a sign of ill omen, and I can imagine many parents trying their best to prevent a seemingly doomed fate, while others would know it is fultile and give their child an early mercy.

However, since many Sangheili now have an alliance with the humans, it’s entirely possible that albinos can finally starting growing to adulthood, because all it would take is a human visiting Sanghelios and seeing or hearing about an albino childling and going, “Oh yeah it’s cuz they’re born without natural protection is all, just keep them out of the sun and they should be fine” and imagine how many Sangheili minds would be blown that day, lmao.

Anyway, CONCLUSION: Albino Sangheili pretty 

That is all, thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

[nowscience-blog]

Leucistic Alligator

With its piercing blue eyes and pale skin this rare Alligator stands out like a sore thumb.

Weighing over 500 pounds, 22 year old male Bouya Blan is one of only 12 white alligators in the world.

The 500lb, 22-year-old male alligator, Bouya Blan, whose name means white fog, is kept at the Gatorland theme park in Florida.

He is one of four giant leucistic alligators kept at the park.

"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.

Link to abstract on the genetics

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Using the generator http://www.generatorland.com/usergenerator.aspx?id=7427 and got these.

robotic newt. its insides are glowing. it uses ancient and powerful magic.

plastic alpaca. it has fangs capable of injecting venom. it wears a golden crown.

tiny pink sheep. it is a garden spirit. it has a cyan buzzcut.

cream wyrm. it is a viking. it speaks a forgotten and ancient language both disturbing and enchanting to mortal ears.

glittering blue sloth. it wears a crop top with the word OATMEAL in all caps. it is a magical girl.

vampire maine coon. it loves raw meat. it wears a maid outfit.

tiger-striped cerberus. it is a witch. it has demonic wings.

angelic skink. it only listens to metal. it is a cheerleader.

glossy black tiger. it loves to wear combat boots with cute stickers all over them. it consumes only blood.

shimmering lilac cat. it has very long hair with many flowers in it. it wears frilly dresses.

big pink crab. it wears opulent jewelry of gold and gemstones. it wears louboutin heels.

melanistic turtle. its eyes have multiple pupils in them. it rides motorcycles.

tiny purple alligator. it has green hair pulled up into two buns. it has golden horns.

white hammerhead shark. its eyes are way too big to be normal. it has human legs.

cream mantis. it is a makeup artist. it is always smiling.

red and green swan. it wears a toga. it is a fire elemental.

glossy pink cheetah. it loves trash. it has a hoard of gems and gold that was pillaged from innocent villagers.

bright pink and yellow frog. its insides are glowing. its back is covered in candles which flicker ominously.

glossy pink spider. it wears a surgical mask. it glows softly and gently- evidence of a heavenly being.

black peacock. it is a communist. it floats about a foot off of the ground.

leucistic fox. mushrooms grow from its skin. it dwells in a bog.

red and green sheep. it wears a lot of eye makeup. it constantly drips with a tar-like black substance.

mint green elk. it has numerous piercings. it has long braided hair.

melanistic ferret. it has tentacles. its eyes have multiple pupils in them.

glistening anglerfish. it has slicked back hair. it is the most beautiful thing you have ever seen.

unholy hydra. it has a forked tongue. it has a scorpion tail.

zombie bear. it carries a nail bat. it is the most beautiful thing you have ever seen.

black bunny. it has heterochromia. it has an impractically large sword.

pink and blue platypus. it seems to be glitching. it is wet and dripping with algae.

pastel pink goat. it comes from space. it dwells in a bog.

translucent spider. it works as a librarian in hell. it is always accompanied by glowing orbs of light.

red and green crocodile. it wishes it were a cloud. it wears a maid outfit.

bright pink and yellow dolphin. it wears a black leather outfit. it is a witch.

magenta llama. fireflies circle it constantly. it has demonic wings.

Okay that is enough of that.  Some of these...

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St. Cloud: More than 100 mannequins in blaze orange sweatshirts were situation up along Minnesota Highway 23 within the metropolis Saturday. The label, organized by Pathways 4 Childhood, represented the number of childhood experiencing homelessness on any given night in Central Minnesota. “Heaps of of us within the neighborhood exact don’t know,” says Tim Wensman, board chair and president of Pathways 4 Childhood. The occasion kicked off the organization’s “Now That You Know” campaign, which targets to carry consciousness on childhood homelessness, apart from to specialize in how of us can toughen the organization’s efforts. Pathways 4 Childhood is a handy resource center for childhood ages 16 to 24 who're experiencing homelessness. The center helps them attain their training, secure net employment and compose stable housing. It also connects childhood with a quandary to bathe, meals and hygiene merchandise, and a warmth evening meal.

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Meridian: The metropolis guarantees there will be sunshine Oct. 26, although it’s a cloudy day. That’s the day Meridian will honor the unhurried David Ruffin, one in every of the lead singers of the Motown community The Temptations. He sang the hit “My Girl,” which included that sunny lyric. The Meridian Star reports the metropolis will add signs ceremonially naming four blocks of a downtown boulevard “David Ruffin Boulevard.” Born in nearby rural Whynot, Ruffin claimed Meridian as dwelling. Mississippi’s Arts + Entertainment Ride will also quandary Ruffin’s considerable individual on its plug of popularity, whereas Jackson Divulge University’s marching band, the “Sonic Notify of the South,” will lead a parade. LaMont Robinson, head of the National Rhythm & Blues Corridor of Popularity and Ruffin’s son-in-law, presented the thought to the metropolis.

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Columbia: The CEO of Dow Inc. has donated $6 million to a fresh University of Missouri well being institute centered on customized pills. The college says the gift from Jim Fitterling is one in every of the first from a individual donor for the NextGen Precision Effectively being Institute. The $220.8 million center is anticipated to birth in October 2021. The articulate has contributed $10 million to this point, with diversified funding coming from a combination of non-public and company toughen. Fitterling acknowledged in a assertion that as a most cancers survivor, he's “keenly drawn to advancing be taught that helps patients and their households devour better outcomes and better qualities of existence.” He started working at Dow exact two weeks after graduating from the University of Missouri’s College of Engineering in 1983.

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Missoula: Divulge wooded space experts devour proposed a bushes harvest and prescribed-burns challenge to cleave the likelihood of wildfires within the Lolo National Woodland. The Missoulian reports the proposed treatments were designed to make contributions to the overall wooded space well being and gasoline-cleave price targets and build the wooded space extra resilient to drought, wildfire, bugs and illness. Woodland experts bid the challenge would cowl about 36 square miles in Missoula and Mineral counties and encompass harvesting bushes for mills, tree thinning and prescribed fires. Experts bid some novel roads are anticipated to be decommissioned for work. Experts bid they're seeking additional public input on the proposal at a assembly Wednesday. Submitted comments would be permitted by mail, electronically and hand-delivered for the following 30 days.

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Norfolk: These who want to lend a hand protect monarch butterflies can build free milkweed seed pods during the Nebraska Sport and Parks Commission. The pods, seeding instructions and monarch instructional data will be available whereas gives final at Sport and Parks’ Northeast District Location of job in Norfolk. Milkweed is the host plant for the monarch. Monarchs lay eggs most intriguing on milkweed, and it’s the easiest plant monarch caterpillars will consume. Scientists bid the monarch inhabitants has greatly declined all the contrivance in which during the final 20 years. Contact Jamie Bachmann at 402-370-3374 or Jamie.bachmann@nebraska.gov for added data.

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Tonopah: Nye County has decided to abandon a controversial proposal that would possibly perhaps well devour extra diminutive the hours when exquisite prostitutes were allowed to plod away licensed brothels. The southern Nevada county had proposed an ordinance that would possibly perhaps well devour barred brothel crew from leaving for added than six hours at some stage in a 10-day duration. Brothel house owners, local prosecutors and others supporting the proposal acknowledged they were alive to prostitutes would devour unprotected sex once they left brothels. The Las Vegas Solar reports Nye County decided to tumble the design after receiving criticism from sex crew and advocates who acknowledged it violated their rights. Intercourse crew and advocates bid they also favor the county to repeal an novel rule requiring prostitutes to be retested for sexually transmitted diseases and HIV any time they leave for added than 24 hours at a time.

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Manchester: Shakers devour prolonged been known for the easy fabricate of their furniture and family objects, nonetheless a fresh novel at the Currier Museum of Art work explores their reducing-edge talents in impress administration. The Manchester museum is featuring a fresh novel known as The Shakers and the New World, drawn from both its hold collection and the holdings of Canterbury Shaker Village. Andrew Spahr, the museum’s director of collections, says the Shakers at one time precipitated apprehension with attempts to convert outsiders to their religion, nonetheless then they developed a branding approach to counter detrimental public conception and were mercurial to comprise printed media and pictures to promote a extra obvious seek for. The novel will be accompanied by public and instructional functions developed with Canterbury Shaker Village, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary.

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Trenton: The articulate’s gloomy endure hunt is underway this week. The first three days of the hunt starting up Monday are for hunters armed with bows and arrows. Archers and muzzleloading rifle hunters can consume half on Thursday and Friday. The hunt is specific to 5 zones. Gov. Phil Murphy has again prohibited hunting on articulate lands. The endure hunt for firearms most intriguing is decided to open Dec. 9. Hunters killed 225 bears in 2018, the lowest quantity since 2003.

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Albuquerque: Police data displays 42 Native Individuals devour been reported lacking within the metropolis to this point this year, after 36 in 2018. Smash of day Begay, the metropolis’s Native American affairs coordinator, says the figures signify birth lacking people circumstances in Albuquerque. Figures from U.S. Census Bureau’s American Neighborhood Survey impart the metro dwelling is dwelling to roughly 50,000 Native Individuals. Of the 36 lacking in 2018, 15 were ladies. Begay shared the numbers Friday at an occasion held to specialize within the arena of lacking and murdered indigenous ladies in Original Mexico’s greatest metropolis. An City Indian Effectively being Institute seek for final year listed Albuquerque among cities with the superb number of lacking Native American ladies. Authors of the portray had counted 37 lacking and homicide circumstances complete for Native American ladies and girls.

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Albany: The articulate Division of Environmental Conservation is promoting patches to toughen repairs work on birth air game facilities. The most fresh fabricate of the Original York Divulge Plod Supporter Patch resembles the spherical yellow disks marking connector trails on articulate lands. The old fabricate changed into red, devour markers old by DEC on east-west directional trails. The patch is supplied for $5 at carrying license stores or on-line at the articulate’s fishing and hunting license portal. The patch changed into launched in 2007 to lend a hand carry funds to carry up trails across the articulate. Gross sales devour raised extra than $41,000 to this point. Tasks supported by patch gross sales encompass a boardwalk in Texas Hollow Divulge Woodland, foot bridges on the Northville Placid Plod, repairs of Otter Creek Horse Trails and lean-tos within the High Peaks Barren situation.

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Raleigh: Gov. Roy Cooper targets to build a articulate-funded program to lend a hand residents in four counties increase from Hurricane Dorian after the federal government declined a demand for help focusing on them. The Federal Emergency Administration Agency final week instructed Cooper there wasn’t sufficient destroy from final month’s storm to people and households in Carteret, Dare, Hyde and Original Hanover counties to warrant a federal declaration. So Cooper wrote Friday to the U.S. Runt Industry Administration requesting one other extra or much less declaration for low-ardour loans within the four counties and those surrounding them. If it’s authorized, Cooper’s quandary of job acknowledged he would build a grant program to complement the loans for folks and businesses.

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Bismarck: The North Dakota auditor says the Commerce Division broke articulate law on bidding contracts for the articulate’s fresh “Be Legendary” logo. Divulge Auditor Joshua Gallion released the audit Monday. The logo sparked criticism earlier this year when the contract for it changed into awarded to a Minnesota agency headed by a girl who once worked for Gov. Doug Burgum’s dilapidated Fargo machine industry. The firm changed into awarded the $9,500 job without competition since it came in below the $10,000 threshold required for added bids. Gallion says the audit of the agency chanced on one other contract linked to the emblem, bringing its complete cost to extra than $87,000. The Commerce Division says it did nothing execrable.

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Dayton: A neighborhood air sinful is going during the an increasing number of overall pickle of an aging group. The Dayton On every day foundation Records reports about half of of the 30,000 of us working at Wright-Patterson Air Power Execrable are nearing the cease of their careers. Air Power Gen. Arnold Bunch Jr. says filling those jobs and taking care of employees is “serious.” More than a third of employees at the Air Power Study Laboratory are eligible to retire. This would per chance per chance also be no longer easy because honest about 70% of the lab’s group has at the least a master’s degree. Per a U.S. census estimate from 2017, most intriguing 10% of Ohioans 25 and older fetch an developed college degree. The president of the Southwestern Ohio Council for Elevated Education says the Air Power would possibly perhaps well per chance aloof focal point on attracting and recruiting nontraditional candidates.

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Tulsa: A Republican articulate senator who unsuccessfully tried to criminalize abortion has announced plans to scheme back GOP U.S. Salvage. Markwayne Mullin next year. Sen. Joseph Silk, from Damaged Bow, says he’ll are attempting to u.s. Mullin, who has served four phrases representing jap Oklahoma within the U.S. Residence. In a assertion, Silk says he selected to enter the 2020 Republican valuable for the 2nd Congressional District because he changed into pissed off with what he known as the “very liberal” management within the Oklahoma Legislature. Republicans fetch overwhelming majorities in both the Oklahoma Residence and Senate. Mullin’s chief of crew, Mike Stopp, says Mullin intends to flee for one other term, nonetheless he declined to observation on Silk’s candidacy.

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Portland: The pissed off owner of North Portland’s by no manner-old Wapato Jail has announced he's going to bulldoze the power except somebody comes up with funding to convert the power right into a homeless shelter within the following two weeks. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports Jordan Schnitzer, president of Harsch Investment Properties, acknowledged Thursday that he planned to tag a demolition contract by the month’s cease. Assuming no final-minute stakeholder steps in, Schnitzer acknowledged his firm will destroy ground on a fresh warehouse there by spring. Schnitzer acknowledged he changed into “sickened” that a year-and-a half of-prolonged quest to convert the 150,000-square-foot penal advanced right into a shelter would cease with the power reduced to rubble. But metropolis leaders, in conjunction with local nonprofits, had been reticent to quandary of us lacking shelter in tailored penal advanced cells 11 miles a long way from Portland’s downtown core.

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Doylestown: About a of Bucks County’s lined bridges will be getting a makeover as a result of a $2.5 million refurbishment challenge, to encompass all seven county-owned spans. At one point there were extra than 50 lined bridges in Bucks County, nonetheless now most intriguing a dozen remain. These aloof standing were built between 1832 and 1874, when horse-drawn buggies were the dear manner of transportation. Ten bridges aloof carry autos and autos apart from to the occasional walker and bicycle owner. The diversified two are in parks. Whereas largely made of wood, loads of the spans are held up by steel constructions that would possibly perhaps well per chance aloof be stripped and repainted. County operations director Kevin Spencer says diversified work entails fireproofing inner and exterior wood surfaces, changing cedar going through and siding boards, and diversified repairs.

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Providence: A statue of Christopher Columbus changed into vandalized Monday, on the U.S. holiday named for him. The statue in Providence changed into splashed from head to toe with red paint, and a tag finding out “Stay celebrating genocide” changed into leaned in opposition to the pedestal. The observe “genocide” changed into written in orange paint on the rear of the pedestal. The statue has been the target of vandals on Columbus Day within the past. The Original World explorer has change into a polarizing resolve. Native American advocates devour pressed states to alternate Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day over concerns that Columbus spurred centuries of genocide in opposition to indigenous populations within the Americas. Police are investigating, and a spokeswoman for Mayor Jorge Elorza acknowledged the statue would be cleaned.

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Columbia: The articulate is adding a fresh dwelling code. The most fresh situation of digits will augment the Palmetto Divulge’s oldest dwelling code – 803. In the placement stretching from Aiken to Rock Hill with Columbia at its center, fresh numbers starting up with 839 will be available within the Midlands starting up Could perhaps per chance per chance 26, 2020. The Put up and Courier reports historically, the 803 dwelling code changed into the easiest one within the articulate after World Warfare II ended. In 1995, 864 came to the Upstate. The coastal 843 dwelling code changed into created within the unhurried 1990s. Sooner than the fresh number’s availability, tens of millions of landline callers are requested to exclaim dialing the dwelling code prior to each and every local number. Calls dialed without dwelling codes will quit going through April 25, 2020.

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Sioux Falls: Krystal Trull’s daughter went months without autism treatments after the family lost insurance coverage coverage. Trull lost get entry to to the treatment that first gave 4-year-dilapidated Nikole the gift of speech. She timid if Nikole would be ready to increase. Months after petitioning articulate leaders to require insurers to cowl an intensive compose of autism treatments known as Utilized Conduct Prognosis, Trull commended a resolution announced Friday that Sioux Falls-based mostly insurers would again cowl the treatment for some households. Sanford Effectively being and Avera Effectively being will open offering coverage in 2020 after a loophole in articulate law precipitated South Dakota households such because the Trulls to lose insurance coverage coverage this year. Gov. Kristi Noem, Sanford and Avera announced the coverage in a joint assertion Friday.

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Memphis: A girl whose father changed into accomplished for assassinate 13 years within the past requested a judge Monday to repeat the checking out of DNA evidence within the case. The hearing in Memphis centered largely on whether or no longer April Alley can legally carry a petition for DNA checking out on behalf of her father’s property. Sedley Alley changed into convicted of the 1985 assassinate of 19-year-dilapidated Marine Lance Cpl. Suzanne Collins in Millington. She had been out jogging when she changed into kidnapped, overwhelmed, raped and mutilated. Alley confessed to the crime nonetheless later acknowledged the confession changed into coerced. He changed into accomplished by lethal injection in 2006. April Alley’s attorneys encompass Innocence Challenge co-founder Barry Scheck, who instructed the court docket they filed the petition for DNA checking out after law enforcement officers in St. Louis contacted him a pair of that you just'd call to mind replacement suspect in Collins’ assassinate.

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Waco: The Mayborn Museum strikes the starting up air inner to coach kids some overall classes on the natural world in its fresh Yard Ecology Corridor. The Waco Tribune-Herald reports the corridor, a $1.2 million revamping of the museum’s first-ground teenagers’s articulate, contains 4 gigantic novel rooms and a big overall dwelling for live demonstrations – and households needing a quandary to sit down and relaxation. The rooms mix interactive actions, live reptiles, bugs and specimens from one of the most Mayborn’s collections to form classes with connections to local ecosystems. The displays, created particularly for the Mayborn, goal in class students from fourth- to eighth-grade phases nonetheless hold arena subject for youthful teenagers, older college students and adults, assistant displays director Rebecca Nall says.

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Clearfield: Two firefighters are receiving reward after they chanced on a ingenious approach to carry up a younger girl silent at the scene of a car accident. North Davis Fire District Fire Chief Designate Becraft acknowledged the firefighters let a younger girl paint their nails after she and her mother were in a car accident Saturday within the northern Utah metropolis of Clearfield. Chief Allen Hadley and Captain Kevin Lloyd checked on the crying, screaming girl whereas medics evaluated her mother. No person changed into seriously injured. They requested her about the nail polish she changed into conserving and supplied to devour their nails painted. Both men devour younger daughters. Becraft acknowledged the girl changed into straight away soothed. Hadley and Lloyd left the scene with red manicures.

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Wallingford: A community of birth air lovers is working to carry the profile of the White Rocks National Recreation Residence within the Green Mountain National Woodland, and they’re procuring for some lend a hand. The Rutland Herald reports Nate Rand, of Wallingford, says he and a buddy devour talked about forming the White Rocks Beginning air Collaborative, and they’ve been using a social media community to net likely participants and coordinate their efforts. Rand says about 100 of us devour joined a Fb page, nonetheless the thought is aloof within the formative segment. Rand says many people are familiar with the White Rocks ice climbing trails, nonetheless comparatively few are aware that the White Rocks National Recreation Residence gives opportunities to hike, snowshoe and execrable-nation ski.

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Richmond: A federal appeals court docket has set aside a fetch on two permits wished for construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday issued a quit of permits from the U.S. Fish & Natural world Carrier whereas it opinions a lawsuit filed by environmental groups in August. The Sierra Membership acknowledged in a assertion that the suspension effectively manner construction have to quit on the 300-mile natural gasoline challenge. The lawsuit alleges that the Fish and Natural world Carrier’s approval of the challenge failed to adequately protect endangered species along the pipeline’s direction. Also on Friday, the firm building the pipeline agreed to pay extra than $2 million and undergo enhanced monitoring to resolve a lawsuit brought by Virginia officials.

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Spanaway: A meals monetary institution that serves roughly 1,100 of us in Pierce County has been broken in a fireplace. Spanaway Meals Bank director Harold Smith says households quick of meals showed up all the contrivance in which during the day Friday and were directed to diversified meals banks for lend a hand. Smith says the meals monetary institution’s freezers and refrigerators were lost, and the meals couldn't be salvageable. The fireplace changed into reported about 6 a.m., and Central Pierce Fire & Rescue spokesman Darrin Shaw says the structure changed into closely alive to when crews arrived. The trigger of the fireplace wasn’t straight away known. Smith says the power, which has operated for four decades, hands out about 15,000 kilos of meals every month.

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Charleston: The articulate Division of Education data says extra than half of of the articulate’s teachers missed extra than 10 days of faculty final year. WSAZ-TV reports 52.75% of teachers missed extra than 10 days, in step with its be taught of data from the educational division. The prior year’s number changed into 52.46%. The year prior to that it changed into 51.44%, and in 2016 it changed into 50.83%. Divulge Superintendent Steve Paine says teachers devour a tense, anxious job, nonetheless some are lacking too grand college. The percentage of teachers who missed extra than 20 days changed into honest about 11%. The omnibus training bill that handed a pair of months within the past included a $500 attendance bonus for teachers who omit fewer than four days. Paine acknowledged the articulate needs to resolve if that has an form.

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Milwaukee: The metropolis’s natural history museum is hoping its fresh live spiders novel can educate guests as an replacement of scaring them away. The Milwaukee Public Museum is net web articulate hosting the Spiders Alive! novel through January. It facets 17 species of live arachnids from spherical that world, including tarantulas, gloomy widows, brown recluses and wolf spiders. It also entails some family of spiders, including scorpions. The novel’s on-space curator, Jon Bertolas, says he ensures that guests will leave with an even bigger appreciation of spiders. Visitor Sandra Romanshek says she decided to are attempting the novel because spiders are predominant for the atmosphere, despite the indisputable truth that she thinks they're creepy crawlers.

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Casper: Divulge lawmakers devour developed legislation that would possibly perhaps well per chance lend a hand build bigger a community of toll road crossings for natural world. The Casper Star-Tribune reports a legislative committee unanimously authorized three bills Friday making a diversified natural world conservation myth to lend a hand fund extra crossings, signage and game fences in sensitive natural world habitats. Lawmakers bid the committee is anticipated to sponsor the bills within the 2020 session. Officials bid the fund would possibly perhaps well per chance carry federal dollars appropriated below an infrastructure bill containing $250 million for natural world crossings at key migration chokepoints. Lawmakers bid migration corridors were a manner of keeping natural world and inserting a stability between energy trend and conservation pursuits.

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Albino tiger cubs born in China zoo: It's not awww, breeding genetically deformed animals for their cute factor is awful --- Total Shares The rare, blue-eyed triplets were born nearly three months ago at a zoo in Kunming, China (Photo: Yunnan Wildlife Zoo) The wild world is going gaga over the public debut of the three rare, blue-eyed white tiger triplets that were born nearly three months ago at the Yunnan Wildlife Zoo in Kunming, China. Last year, there was this story of the “adorable” white giraffe calf in Tanzania, with its not-so-white mother. However, before we go “awww” over it, let us understand what a white tiger, or any white wild animal in general, is. A white individual animal (unless the entire species is white in colour) is an albino, or suffers from a condition called albinism. It is a congenital disorder affecting the pigment of the skin, hair, and eyes. An enzyme involved in the production of melanin — called tyrosinase — is absent or non-functional in these animals. An individual lacking all melanin is called albino, and an individual with reduced melanin content is called leucistic or albinoid. An ultra rare albino giraffe, spotted in Tanzania. pic.twitter.com/unZujk9FWV — Nature Is Weird (@NaturelsWeird) October 25, 2018 Although rare, albinism has been observed in almost every species on earth and in wild animals. Studies show that survival for any length of time in the predatory world of wildlife is almost impossible for the albino animal. An albino baby turtle swims with green sea babies turtle in a pond at Khram island, Thailand (Photo: Reuters) The congenital disorder makes an albino’s eyes extremely sensitive to light. Therefore, the ill-fated creature must live with very poor vision — if not born blind. In the wild world, survival usually requires highly developed powers of sight. As a prey, an albino is unable to spot the predator in good time to make a run for life, and if it is an albino predator that must rely on keen eyesight to locate its prey, it is at a definite disadvantage during https://www.dailyo.in/variety/albino-tiger-cubs-triplets-china-zoo-turtle-genetic-deformity-alligator-cobra-peacock/story/1/27443.html (at V-Tees) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpg-IgwA7e0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=2fdh7xaw7zd0

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Albino 🐊 Gatorland Founded 68 years ago by Owen Godwin on former cattle land in 1949,[1] it has been privately owned by his family since then. Billed as the "Alligator Capital of the World," Gatorland features thousands of alligators and crocodiles, a breeding marsh with boardwalk and observation tower, reptile shows, aviary, petting zoo, swamp walk, and educational programs. The park is known for buying and rescuing nuisance alligators from trappers that would otherwise be killed for their meat and skin. The Breeding Marsh area of the park was used in the filming of the 1984 movie Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. The operation also has an active road show providing alligator wrestling, pythons, lizards and other animals with an informative animal talk for private parties and benefits. In addition, Gatorland manages the live alligator display at the Gaylord Palms resort in Kissimmee. This park also has a snakes of Florida exhibit, with species like indigo snakes, cottonmouths, and rattlesnakes. The park is also known for its leucistic alligators. Gatorland is a 110-acre (45 ha) theme park and wildlife preserve in Florida, located along South Orange Blossom Trail south of Orlando. Out of the 5 million american alligator population there are thought to be only 12 leucistic gators. These are not albino animals, they are what we call leucistic, which means they have a little bit of pigmentation around the mouth and a little touch on the tail and they have piercing blue eyes." They are just like alligators and they eat the same food," explains Mr Williams. "The biggest concern is that they never would have survived in the wild. They are like little beacons out shining "come eat me". "They are each ten to eleven plus feet in length and vulnerable to many predators because their lack of skin pigmentation deprives them of natural camouflage." We have four white alligators here at Gatorland and because they are all males they cannot be in the same enclosure as they are all very big and they would all fight with each other," says Mr Williams. Source Gatorland and Telegraph. @gatorland_orlando

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Day 22: Sunday June 11, 2017

I, without a doubt, saved my best day for last! Three days ago I signed up for a training experience, and it was the best decision I ever made in my life. When I woke up this morning I quickly got ready and made my way to Gatorland where I took part in a multiple hour trainer-for-a-day program! Though this was not originally planned, I decided to make the detour because I knew that I would be doing a lot of hands on activity with the animals.

Since I had talked to my trainer and guide on the phone the day before, he knew all about my project. He was impressed with my knowledge and told the other man in our group that he may want to ask me all the questions because I was now an “expert.” 

For my first encounter, we went into a small office where there was a large tank that was home to three hatchlings. These gators were so small that they fit right into the palm of my hand. Also, because they were newly hatched, their mouths did not have to be taped shut because their teeth would not actually be strong enough to break the skin. Nevertheless, I kept my fingers out of their mouth because I knew the bite would still hurt. 

After leaving the office, we went out into the park. Here we first stopped at a pen that housed 3 - 4 year old gators. After the trainer jumped into the water and caught two, he wrapped their mouths and let me hold one. Though fairly young, the alligator was heavy and hard to hang on to when he started thrashing around, trying to get free. I hung on however and was told to hold the gator firmly as if it were a machine gun! After I was done holding the gator, the trainer removed the tape from its mouth to show me the gators jaws. Though young, that gator would’ve been able to rip my finger off it had gotten a hold of it. 

Before moving onto the next exhibit, we stopped to look at some of the giant gators in the open pens because they were bellowing. As I said in an earlier post, bellowing is how an alligator calls for a mate. It was so cool to watch because the gator would rise up out of the water and the water around them would shudder as the sound waves passed through. We even saw some males fighting as they were both trying to gain control of the one area!

Though it is called Gatorland, the park is also home to a lot of other animals. While there, I got to engage with Galapagos tortoises, a python, Florida Panthers, raccoons, and some birds! 

Next, I got to look in on some Crocodiles! Since crocodiles, are more aggressive, faster, stronger, and all together smarted than alligators, none of us were able to go into the pens with them. In fact, feeders that work at the park daily have a tough time going into the pens. So, we stayed close, but safe outside of the fences. 

After walking around the park for a little bit, I finally got the chance to go into a pen that was connected to a breeding pool. The alligators here were giant and they came right up to us when we entered because they knew that we had brought food. For about 30 minutes, we threw raw meat to the alligators and right into their mouths. At the end, I decided I wanted a picture. So, I turned my back to the alligators, trusting that they wouldn’t lunge at me, and posed for the best picture of my life!

After the large feeding, I went into different exhibits to feed some other alligators, including two different kinds of white alligator, albino and leucistic. Leucism is an extremely rare mutation that results in the partial loss of pigmentation, whereas albinism results in total pigmentation loss. Leusisitc alligators have some spots on them and usually have gorgeous blue eyes. Albino alligators are entirely white with white/pink eyes. Both were beautiful and fun to interact with. Pearl, the albino alligator was extremely aggressive, but it was awesome to feed her! 

After all of the meat was done, we moved onto my favorite part of the day, Alligator Wrestling. Though the trainer was in the pit with me, I had such a great time getting up close and personal with a seven foot alligator. I even got to do some tricks such as bull dogging and sticking my finger in the gators mouth! Don’t worry though, all ten fingers are still attached! Alligator wrestling was just a lot of fun and something that I did not think was possible until I decided to make the detour through Orlando. It was totally worth it!

Though I was perfectly safe while engaging with these animals, sometimes people are not so lucky. These are wild animals and even though they are kept in captivity and are worked with everyday, the animals will still revert back to their instincts. After I was done in the ring, another handler got into show us a few tricks. He was doing well until he went to flip the gator over. This is a cool trick because the alligator become immobilized when it is on its back, and it cannot “wake up” until it is tickled. Anyway, while he was performing the trick, his hand slipped and the alligator bit down hard onto his thumb. It took three trainers over 15 minutes to be able to get the alligators jaws open so that he could remove his hand. Fortunately, they were able to get his hand out of the alligators mouth and his thumb was still connected to his hand. Despite the blood and the hole in his hand, the trainer performed his trick anyway. He will be okay even though he will need some anti-bacterial medicine and stitches. If you look closely at the gators mouth and neck in the last few pictures, you will see some blood. As I said, these are wild and dangerous animals that must be respected!

I had a fantastic time at Gatorland, and I am positive that I will be back again someday! For now, I am headed back home to Pennsylvania. I will be stopping somewhere in Virginia to spend the night. My Magellan is over, but I had such a wonderful time!