See You Later

... in my belly!

This is an albino alligator. The Cape May County Zoo couldn't decide whether there are 30 or 50 of them in the world, but there aren't a lot since they don't have any ability to camouflage themselves.

I was snapping away happily as this guy floated perfectly still on the other side of his tank. I stopped to scroll through my pictures to make sure the exposure was okay. When I looked up, the alligator was right next to me, grinning in a way that said, "If there weren't glass between us, this would have been a happy ending for me."

Lessons learned:
1. Alligators don't need camouflage when they are this sneaky.
2. I would survive approximately 0.3 days in the wild.




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