From the Telegraph:
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.
What a lovely creature. I hope and pray that the folks in the area respect their boundaries and don't harass the little dolphin and the mother.
It is apparently unclear whether dolphins distinguish color or not. I wondered what the mother made of the little one's color if she could see the bright pink.
Pink Dolphin sounds like a cocktail to me, and not one I'd drink!
ReplyDeleteWhat? Too girlie, Padre?
ReplyDeleteI bet the mother dolphin was ecstatic. After all, not everyone gets a pink one! This is a great honor for her...
ReplyDeleteThe mother dolphin must love Pinky, because she stays right by his/her side. If she can see color, it must have been a bit of a shock at first sight.
ReplyDeleteThere are gay dolphins. Now we have campy ones.
ReplyDeleteOh, the sweet thing!
ReplyDeleteI'm quite sure that if Pinky is a "he", that he's gay. It couldn't be any other way.
ReplyDeleteDon't worry too much about his/her well being , Grandmere. S/he has been swimming the ship channel since 2007.
ReplyDeleteI've seen the pink Amazonian dolphins (very different looking than this) and had no idea that albino dolphins in North America could be that shade of pink. So interesting!
ReplyDeleteSaintlyWife, that's good news. I'm glad to hear that Pinky's been around for a while.
ReplyDeleteCold Spaghetti, it's the first I hear of them around here, too. I'd think an albino dolphin would be a lighter color.