Pink dolphin

[Blue Wode]

Nature can produce some enchanting surprises:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/4927224/Pink-dolphin-appears-in-US-lake.html

[PrincessIneffabelle]

Wow!

[kevinquinnyo]

You know there is some little spoiled rich girl right now crying and screaming to her dad, "I WANT THAT PINK DOLPHIN!!!" :mad:

[catbasket]

You know there is some little spoiled rich girl right now crying and screaming to her dad, "I WANT THAT PINK DOLPHIN!!!" :mad:

I hadn't considered the two-legged sharks ... poor little dolphin :(

[BenBurch]

What a great name for a Key West tavern. If I even realize my dream of "retiring" to such a business, that will be it.

[Cavemonster]

I feel really dirty and terrible for expecting something else entirely.

[catbasket]

It does look as if it's made from the same material as something else entirely.

[neutrino_cannon]

I chuckled when I read this bit:

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


I wonder how exactly river dolphins (http://www.unique-southamerica-travel-experience.com/images/pink-dolphin-copia.jpg)fail to qualify as dolphins proper, being only "close relations?"

[Cuddles]

I wonder how exactly river dolphins (http://www.unique-southamerica-travel-experience.com/images/pink-dolphin-copia.jpg)fail to qualify as dolphins proper, being only "close relations?"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolphin#Taxonomy
It depends how you define "dolphin". River dolphins are toothed whales like regular dolphins, but they're far enough away from them to get their own families.

[MG1962]

Okay now I am concerned. The report is the dolphin is albino. So the bright pink colour must mean the poor little blighter is sunburned :(

Rather than filming it, I believe the charter boat operator should be calling on an international rescue mission to find a way to apply sunblock

[Ziggurat]

Okay now I am concerned. The report is the dolphin is albino. So the bright pink colour must mean the poor little blighter is sunburned :(

Not necessarily. The pink is quite uniform, not concentrated at the top, suggesting it's just normal skin bloodflow.

[joobz]

Not necessarily. The pink is quite uniform, not concentrated at the top, suggesting it's just normal skin bloodflow.
Good observation. Let's cut it to test your hypothesis.