Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Albino Alligator

Albino Alligator edit

Original - Male Albino Alligator. Albinism is seen all over the skin and in the eyes

Reason: Good quality and high resolution image of a rare Albino Alligator with great EV
Articles this image appears in: Albinism;Alligator
Creator: Mbz1

Support as nominator --Mbz1 (talk) 14:14, 20 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Is he full grown? I can't really gauge his size. ~ ωαdεstεr16_«talk^stalk» 14:19, 20 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I believe he is. By the way it was really hard to capture him with the eyes open. He keeps them closed almost all the time. All albinos with albinism in the eyes have problems looking at light.Thank you.--Mbz1 (talk) 14:33, 20 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Fascinating. -- Michel Vuijlsteke (talk) 19:57, 21 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Nice background and interesting subject. --Spotty11222 (talk) 21:54, 21 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Richard Bartz (talk) 00:08, 22 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Very nice, although that is not a very catchy caption, it is a great picture. --Pstanton (talk) 00:53, 22 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment There is a small amount of discussion about this image at Talk:Albinism#Alligator_pic. The question asked is "Are we sure that the alligator in the picture actually suffers from albinism and not leucism?". Until that has been resolved this shouldn't be promoted. Noodle snacks (talk) 12:31, 22 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your comment,Noodle snacks. Yes, we are sure that the alligator is albino. Here's the quote from leucism
"A further difference between albinism and leucism is in eye colour. Due to the lack of melanin production in both the retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE) and iris, albinos typically have red eyes due to the underlying blood vessels showing through. In contrast, leucistic animals have normally coloured eyes."
The color of the eyes of this alligator is anything, but normal. Besides you could take a look at official California Academy site.--Mbz1 (talk) 12:45, 22 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Support Noodle snacks (talk) 12:29, 24 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. Durova^Charge! 18:18, 24 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Albino Alligator 2008.jpg MER-C 10:19, 26 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]