Pink dolphin appears in US lake

[Flaxbee]

What an incredibly beautiful creature!

http://www.aroundglobe.net/2009/03/pink-dolphin-appears-in-us-lake.html




The world's only pink Bottlenose dolphin which was discovered in an inland lake in Louisiana, USA, has become such an attraction that conservationists have warned tourists to leave it alone.

Charter boat captain Erik Rue, 42, photographed the animal, which is actually an albino, when he began studying it after the mammal first surfaced in Lake Calcasieu, an inland saltwater estuary, north of the Gulf of Mexico in southwestern USA.

Capt Rue originally saw the dolphin, which also has reddish eyes, swimming with a pod of four other dolphins, with one appearing to be its mother which never left its side.

He said: "I just happened to see a little pod of dolphins, and I noticed one that was a little lighter.

"It was absolutely stunningly pink.

"I had never seen anything like it. It's the same color throughout the whole body and it looks like it just came out of a paint booth.

"The dolphin appears to be healthy and normal other than its coloration, which is quite beautiful and stunningly pink.

"The mammal is entirely pink from tip to tail and has reddish eyes indicating it's albinism. The skin appears smooth, glossy pink and without flaws.

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Regina Asmutis-Silvia, senior biologist with the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, said: "I have never seen a dolphin coloured in this way in all my career.

"It is a truly beautiful dolphin but people should be careful, as with any dolphins, to respect it - observe from a distance, limit their time watching, don't chase or harass it

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A close relation of dolphins, the Amazon River Botos, called pink dolphins, live in South America in the Amazon.

[rcrush]

1. Its the Anti Dolphin-Christ!

The pink demon from hell!

[DarkTirade]

2. There's a freshwater dolphin variant in south america that's pink...

but its a fairly light shade of pink.

http://www.amersol.edu.pe/ms/7th/7block/jungle_research/new_cards/14/report14hm.html

[PaddyBlueEyes]

3. Thats BS

some drunk ass cajun...dyed that sucker for Mardi Gras..

:rofl:

[driver8]

8. Ha Ha -- that's funny!! n/t

[petronius]

4. That is really trippy - it looks like a pool toy being pushed around by the

other dolphins...

[Robeson]

5. In this country, I hope it has 24 hr. protection.

[cherish44]

6. Awwww he's an albino

Looks like he has a sunburn.

[Symarip]

7. Narwhal gonna Steve Irwin this bitch