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• Gatorland in Orlando, Florida, can boast a fascinating new resident: a leucistic white alligator, CNN reported.
The female gator is believed to be one of only eight in the world and the only one born in human care.
She was hatched along with a normal-colored brother of the same size (about 19 inches long).
"Leucistic alligators are the rarest genetic variation in the American alligator," the park said.
They have bright blue eyes, as opposed to albino gators, which have pink eyes.
The public is invited to vote on a name on the park's social media sites. [CNN, 12/7/2023]
• Scientists at Northwestern University in Chicago have created teeny-tiny VR headsets for laboratory mice, Sky News reported, so that they can experience the freedom they will never have.
The Miniature Rodent Stereo Illumination VR has two lenses and two screens to give the little dudes a realistic 3D picture of ... aerial threats, like an owl coming in for a meal. The goggles help the mice "engage with the environment in a more natural way," said lead scientist Daniel Dombeck. [Sky News, 12/8/2023]