Dr A sent this to me to cheer me up – hope it helps you too. Mind, the reporting isn’t accurate when it says it’s ‘the only one’. From The Telegraph, UK:
The world’s only pink Bottlenose dolphin which was discovered in an inland lake in Louisiana, USA, has become such an attraction that conservationists have warned tourists to leave it alone.
Charter boat captain Erik Rue, 42, photographed the animal, which is actually an albino, when he began studying it after the mammal first surfaced in Lake Calcasieu, an inland saltwater estuary, north of the Gulf of Mexico in southwestern USA.
…”The dolphin appears to be healthy and normal other than its coloration, which is quite beautiful and stunningly pink.
“The mammal is entirely pink from tip to tail and has reddish eyes indicating its albinism. The skin appears smooth, glossy pink and without flaws.
“I have personally spotted the pink dolphin 40 to 50 times in the time since the original sighting as it has apparently taken up residence with its family in the Calcasieu ship channel.
Albino dolphins have, however, been seen in other places – here’s another example from Los Angeles.
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