Pink Dolphin in The Gulf Of Mexico

For two years, a rare albino bottle-neck dolphin with a bright pink skin has been the subject of much debate between marine biologists trying to study this rare creature and the boaters who travel the crowded fishing lane of the coast of Louisiana.

Recently sited again in May of 2009, this rosy mammal was first discovered in June 2007, and has been spotted several times by different fisherman and biologists, usually travelling with a pack of grey dolphins.

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From the Associated Press:

“I hope more people will report sightings and give officials as much detail as possible. But they should stay at least 50 yards away and limit themselves to a half-hour of watching to keep the animals from getting too comfortable with people and boats,” Mandy Tumlin said, a biologist from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.


Finding a home in the channels near Lake Charles, the believed male dolphin is the 14th reported albino in the world and the third to have existed in the Gulf of Mexico.

Not to be confused with the freshwater Boto or Amazon River Dolphins or the Humpback dolphin called the Indo-Pacific Humpback dolphin found mostly in Southeast Asia, this pink dolphin is a rare albino that is just amazing to look at in its “pinkness”.

"It was absolutely, stunningly pink," said Erik Rue, owner of Calcasieu Charter Service and the first ot spot the pink mammal. "I had never seen anything like it. It's the same color throughout the whole body. It looks like it just came out of a paint booth."

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