pretty neat

Gypsiyee · Post by **Gypsiyee** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 10:23 am

sorry if this is a repost, just saw it today

http://www.calcasieucharters.com/index. ... ID/125.htm

Tikker · Post by **Tikker** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 10:44 am

pink dolphins are native to the amazon (not that the one pictured wasn't a rare albino, but it's possibly just mislabeled)

Gypsiyee · Post by **Gypsiyee** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 11:24 am

yeah it seemed they weren't sure what he was exactly; I certainly have never seen one, thought it was pretty =)

Trielelvan · Post by **Trielelvan** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 11:59 am

Tikker wrote:pink dolphins are native to the amazon (not that the one pictured wasn't a rare albino, but it's possibly just mislabeled)

Almost. That picture is most definitely of a bottle-nosed dolphin - whether it being pink is real or not, I have no idea, but from first glance, it looks legit.

The pinkish long nosed river dolphins of the Amazon have a much longer, thinner beak and a distinct protruding bulbous head. They don't look like bottle-nosed dolphins at all.

Cool pic either way.

Tikker · Post by **Tikker** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 1:25 pm

all I'm saying is that pink dolphins aren't rare in general

kinghooter00 · Post by **kinghooter00** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 1:35 pm

crazy... later, the fishermen killed it.

Post by **Arlos** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 2:02 pm

Pink Bottlenose dolphins certainly are rare, since it's by no means a normal coloration for the species. The pink ones in the Amazon are endangered, so yeah, those're rare too. Now, if you meant "not unheard of", you'd be far more right.

Anyway, interesting info on this one. I can't imagine it will live that long, though. It'll be easily targeted by predators, and likely will have other health issues too.

-Arlos