A RARE white crocodile that Sir David Attenborough is rumoured to be trying to locate for a BBC documentary has allegedly been spotted.<br /><br />The croc was found by film maker Jalil Najafov, who then gave it the nickname Pearl, while on a boat cruise in Australia.<br />Najafov, from Azerbaijan, claims the croc is the same one that has allegedly eluded Attenborough, who along with the BBC tried to catch it on camera previously.<br /><br />He said: "David Attenborough and the BBC went to the same place to try to capture her on camera and they didn’t find her, we were very lucky to have that opportunity."<br /><br />When quizzed on the name choice he added: "The white colour makes them easy prey when they’re born, therefore this one is actually the rarest wild crocodile in the world in the wild.<br /><br />Despite Najafov's viral recordings, Pearl was discovered in 2018 by a group on a tourist cruise.<br /><br />One of the group, the president of an unofficial local conservation group, who gave the name Broady said: "Everyone is so ecstatic. I spent most of the day in tears watching her."<br /><br />But Pearl isn't the only albino croc to have been seen in the region.<br /><br />Many believe she is the relative of another slain one named Micheal Jackson who was killed in 2014.<br />The reason for the croc's colour is because it is born with a genetic variation known as hypomelanism – which turns it white.<br /><br />Hypomelanism means that the reptile doesn’t produce as much pigmentation in its skin as a normal crocodile – a similar condition to albinism.
