Claude isn’t your average alligator. He’s bright white , nearly blind and has regrown thousands of teeth.

Measuring 10 feet long from snout to tail and weighing 300 pounds, San Francisco’s beloved albino reptile is turning 30 — and the California Academy of Sciences is throwing him a monthlong birthday party , stretching far beyond the Swamp exhibit where Claude spends his days.

“It’s a special milestone for one of our most special animals,” said Jeanette Peach, director of communications at the Academy.

Claude is believed to be one of the oldest albino alligators in human care. In the wild, he likely wouldn’t have survived past infancy — his bright white skin makes camouflage impossible and leaves him vulnerable to predators. At the Academy, though, Claude may live another thre

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