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pretty neat
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 10:23 am
by Gypsiyee
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 10:44 am
by Tikker
pink dolphins are native to the amazon (not that the one pictured wasn't a rare albino, but it's possibly just mislabeled)
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 11:24 am
by Gypsiyee
yeah it seemed they weren't sure what he was exactly; I certainly have never seen one, thought it was pretty =)
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 11:59 am
by Trielelvan
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.
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 1:25 pm
by Tikker
all I'm saying is that pink dolphins aren't rare in general
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 1:35 pm
by kinghooter00
crazy... later, the fishermen killed it.
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 2:02 pm
by Arlos
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