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Claude, a rare albino alligator who served as California Academy of Sciences’ unofficial mascot, died Tuesday at age 30.

The white reptile became a cultural phenomenon, appearing in children’s books, city advertisements, and a 24/7 livestream during his 17 years at the museum.

Claude showed signs of declining appetite in recent weeks and underwent treatment for a suspected infection. He perished because of end-stage liver cancer, officials said.

Claude, a rare albino alligator whose ghostly white scales and statue-like stillness earned him a cult-like following around the world, died Tuesday, according to the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. He was 30.

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