Dolphin Pretty In Pink

• Mar. 20 by Kimberley Gammon (0)

The dolphin was photographed by a Charter boat captain, Erik Rue, 42, in Lake Calcasieu which is an inland saltwater estuary close to the Gulf of Mexico. The beautiful creature instantly grabs you’re attention with its bright pink, perfectly smooth and flawless skin. (Full story and photo’s can be found on the Telegraph website).

The baby bottlenose dolphin was instantly recognised as being an albino by its red eyes and pink body due to lack of pigment in the skin. This is the first known case of an albino dolphin and even though there were fears of sun damage because of its albinism the dolphin is perfectly healthy and doing well. This then led me into researching into dolphins and how we humans and our nasty pollution are affecting them.

According to WikiAnswers global warming is the major threat to the dolphin’s survival because as they migrate they search for warmer waters, the dolphin pods usually have one leader and they all follow him. However, because the waters are becoming warmer due to global warming their leader end up getting mislead and guides his pod more inland then they should swim. They then become trapped in bays and gulf and are basically lost and tragically this usually results in whole pods of dolphins drowning.
As the primary causes of global warming we need to protect our wildlife as best we can, after all it’s just as much their planet as it is ours…
The discovery of Pinkie the first ever know pink dolphin to exist is so amazing it has won first place on the ‘Weird and Wonderful Animals’.