In a cup living in the depths of his parents' freezer was a snowball from a November 1987 storm that he'd held onto for all these years. Bell tells PEOPLE he saved the snow from a memorable ...

Per the post, Snowball was one of fewer than 100 known white alligators in the world. The species has a low survival rate in the wild due to a lack of camouflage and sensitivity to UV rays.

"Snowball was a tremendous ambassador for his ... Fewer than 100 albino alligators are known to exist worldwide. Their survival rate in the wild is low due to their lack of camouflage and ...

and their survival rate in the wild is low due to their lack of camouflage and sensitivity to ultraviolet rays.” Snowball debuted at the Newport Aquarium in November 2013 at what was previously ...