At our zoo we have an albino alligator but it is like miniature. Can't remember the species name >.<

A caiman?

Nope something else. I know caiman this wasn't a caiman.

Did it have a really thin snout?

Nope had a normal alligator snout. Looked like a mini alligator. Just wish I could remember the species >.< This is irritating.

Ah well, that's okay! There are quite a few and I wouldn't know most of them without a label XD

This is the only picture I have and it is of their non-albino one. And it isn't even that good.

http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/.....2/img1234y.jpg

Am thinking it is literally a Pygmy Alligator but I remember their snout not being as small as that species is.

O-o well whatever it is it's hella cute!

I need to go back before we move away to an uber small town to get some more shots of them. Fort Worth zoo has a HUGE reptile exhibit called "Living Museum" or something like that.

OOoo, I believe fort worth is one of the few places breeding captive gavials too! (Though I guess according to wikipedia the main name for them is gharial)

Now if I only knew what gavials were...LOL Not up on my latin names.

They're the crazy-looking crocodilians with the ridiculously skinny snout and bulbous nose... also critically endangered, though apparently better off than they were a few years ago :(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gharial

OH! Yeah! In their new reptile area they have most of their large gator species like that outside. It is awesome to see them. Crazy looking reptile to be sure. Strictly fish eaters with a snout like that. Its not surprising such a specialized hunter would be endangered. Seems most of the endangered species are specialized hunters or eaters of certain thing ya know?

Woop, I misspoke though - looks iike fort worth HAS Gharials (which few places in the US do) but they've never been captive bred outside the indian subcontinent :(

And yeah, hunters can be some of the most vulnerable, since humans tend to prioritize their food supply over the supply of other hunters XP

Though the non specialized hunters, Coyotes and Foxes for instance, thrive because they aren't so picky as to what they eat or where they get it. As well as many many other things. And it isn't always the humans fault with some things cause specialized species have been dying off long before humans got so numerous. True we cause them to drop off at an faster rate, but still.

Well no, but in this case it sounds like fishing nets and dams (probably for agriculture) have been what's killed off most of the Gharials

Not saying humans are EVIL but like most animals we do tend to try to take over and such

Oh there is no doubt we have a heavy hand in that particular species and most other river species decline. Gotta love dams cutting off spawning grounds and all that stuff. At least we are generally trying to keep most animals around that we screw up.

stunning