The California Academy of Sciences is chomping at the bit to throw multiple parties for Claude the albino alligator’s 30th birthday, lining up celebrity chefs, cocktail parties, and cakes made of fish guts
The famed albino alligator Claude was hatched 30 years ago, and not at his current home in a synthetic moat at the California Academy of Sciences, but in the swamplands of Florida. He was taken in by an alligator rescue, because his albino condition and poor eyesight meant he would surely not last long in the wild. He came to the Academy of Sciences in 2008, originally homed with a non-albino female alligator named Bonnie. But she bit off one of Claude’s fingers (I suppose you could say she was the insti-gator), and the two were separated.
Now one of the top solo attractions at the Academy of Sciences, Claude will be celebrating his 30th birthday (technically, his 30th “hatch day”) on September 15. But the Academy of Sciences has a whole month of 30th birthday activities lined up for Claude, with classy cocktail parties, a meal from a Top Chef: All-Stars winner, and many opportunities to win Claude plushies.
Swamp Soirée Wednesday, Wednesday, September 10, 6 pm
NightLife: Claude’s Big 3-0 Thursday, September 11, 6-9 pm…