Comments | wtf_nature: PINK Dolphins.

laurelleaf in wtf_nature

PINK Dolphins.

Mar 03, 2009 10:28

YES.

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albinism/leucism, dolphin, mammal, marine life, cetacean, sea life, predator

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jenihe80 March 3 2009, 16:42:51 UTC

Awesome! LOL. It looks like something I would have colored as a little kid.

gunslingers March 3 2009, 16:44:07 UTC

my inner child just started crying happiness.

lady_amorika March 3 2009, 17:21:08 UTC

This. My inner child just did flips. Pink dolphins; my world is complete.

kai_ta_loipa March 3 2009, 17:47:38 UTC

seriously! i may renew my hope that we'll find unicorns.

mothwing March 3 2009, 16:45:43 UTC

Wow. That looks so fake, it's incredible. What a colour!

torasama March 3 2009, 16:48:05 UTC

They have these in pods near the cost of Colombia :) It's big tourist buisness.

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torasama March 3 2009, 16:48:23 UTC

*coast, not cost :P

chaosoftwilight March 3 2009, 16:54:08 UTC

"A close relation of dolphins, the Amazon River Botos, called pink dolphins, live in South America in the Amazon." You're probably talking about that other species. I've only heard of them in the Amazon, but I guess they extend to Colombia too? It's what i thought about too when i saw this post.. But, the dolphin we're talking about here isn't another species, it's an albino. =)

ex_kleinod March 3 2009, 16:58:58 UTC

The dolphins in the comment above are definitely not Botos. Botos only live in the Amazon and can become pink'ish by age. The ones above are Tucuxi, contrary to Botos they live in salt water. But neither of them are albinos, such as the Bottlenose in the actual post.

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amnotcute March 3 2009, 16:51:23 UTC

*laughs* I was going to post this as soon as I saw it in the paper. It's gorgeous.