For decades, there were few detailed accounts or photos of rare, white-skinned alligators in coastal South Carolina.<\/p>\n
But a Clemson University researcher who found six such American alligator hatchlings in the Lowcountry in 2014 has published what is believed to be the most detailed account<\/a> of such a discovery to date.<\/p>\n Thomas Rainwater was working as a wildlife toxicologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Charleston when he and other biologists found the six rare hatchlings in an undisclosed location in the Lowcountry.<\/p>\n Someone had notified Rainwater and the other researchers after stumbling across them by accident.<\/p>\n Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n For decades, there were few detailed accounts or photos of rare, white-skinned alligators in coastal South Carolina. <\/p>\n But a Clemson University researcher has published what is believed to be the most detailed account of such a discovery to date. https:\/\/t.co\/lvqLd3v0v6<\/a><\/p>\n — The Post and Courier (@postandcourier) July 10, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \n