WILDLIFE - ALLIGATOR NAMED KASEY LIVES IN POND IN FRONT OF HEADQUARTERS

[KSC-69P-0767]

  • Photo Number: KSC-69P-0767

  • Release Date: 16-Sep-1969

  • Keywords: WILDLIFE,MERRITT ISLAND NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE,ALLIGATOR,KASEY [KC]
    • Description: A big, toothy saurian grin is flashed by this alligator in the pond in front of the KSC Headquarters Building. And wy not? After years of namelessness, he [or she] has a name. The 'gator was dubbed Kasey following a ""Name the Gator"" contest in which scores of Spaceport employees submitted name suggestions. Kasey is one of two 'gators placed in the pond in an attempt to restore its natural ecology.

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    Captions: Sherikon Space Systems
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