Dear Croc-people;
I came across this brief snippit in a Canbadian paper ... can anybody confirm or deny the event and, if it's true, do you have some local press you can guide me to?
Thank you,
Wes
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GLOBE & MAIL (Toronto, Ontario) 19 October 04 Social Studies - A Daily Miscellany Of Information (Michael Kesterton)
Black and blue
"When blue crops up in nature, it startles us because nature is pretty much brown and green (despite the perceived blue colour of sky and sea)," writes Kathy Flood in The Chicago Tribune.
"So no wonder naturally occurring blue is worth a fuss.
"In Hawaii, you are not permitted to harvest blue coral. In the gems and minerals world, the discovery of blue beryl caused a commotion. Blue amber is referred to as 'fabled.' . . . When Hurricane Charley ripped through [Florida] this summer, one casualty left in its wake was a creature named Cobalt.
"The rare blue alligator evidently had a heart attack caused by stress chemicals produced in amounts his unique biological makeup just couldn't withstand."
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20041019/FASS19/TPComment/?query=alligator
