Mar 3 2009Cool!: Albino Dolphin Spotted In The Wild
A pink bottlenose dolphin was spotted swimming in Lake Calcasieu in Louisiana. It is believed to be the only of its kind.
'The mammal is entirely pink from tip to tail and has reddish eyes indicating it's albinism. The skin appears smooth, glossy pink and without flaws. I have spotted it about 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.
'As time has passed he has grown and sometimes ventures away from its mother to feed and play but always remains in the vicinity of the pod.'Surprisingly, it does not appear to be drastically affected by the environment or sunlight as might be expected considering its condition, although it tends to remain below the surface a little more than the others in the pod.'
ZOMG, how cute! And by cute I mean pink. I LOVE PINK DOLPHINS! Look, I just drew one and slid it into the cover of my Trapper Keeper. What can I say, I'm sensitive. And also, hungry. Did somebody say sushi? My stomach did! And also, "the number you are trying to reach has been disconnected". Shit, I ate my phone!
Hit the jump for two more of the magical beast.
Pink dolphin appears in US lake [telegraph]
and
Caught on camera: Is this the world's only PINK dolphin? [dailymail]
Thanks to Kathryn, Nick, Becky and Alphaleader1, who only eat dolphin-free tuna.
Reader Comments
1. name - March 3, 2009 12:38 PM
yay!
2. whitty - March 3, 2009 12:40 PM
thats the cooest thing, i want a pink dolphin!
3. Mont - March 3, 2009 12:42 PM
F@irst Pink dolphins are like purple tuna yumm
4. Dookie - March 3, 2009 12:45 PM
FAKE!!!!!!!
5. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - March 3, 2009 12:46 PM
KILL IT!
6. Tabion - March 3, 2009 12:47 PM
And yet no one seriously believes that Dolphins come from outer space... Pfft, existential n00bs...
7. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - March 3, 2009 12:47 PM
Looks like a dick with fins
8. Elmo - March 3, 2009 12:47 PM
Awwwww.... it's cute!
9. pink4life - March 3, 2009 12:47 PM
omg thats sooo cute !! one and only pink dolphin
10. Brock Samson - March 3, 2009 12:50 PM
Hey......didn't I *coughs in disgust* "ride" one of these?
11. gizmoduck - March 3, 2009 12:50 PM
that is by far helping my hangover.
thank you cute pink dolphin
12. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - March 3, 2009 12:51 PM
It's the "hot Halo chick" in her true form.
13. kboi - March 3, 2009 12:51 PM
looks like my penis..
14. J-Grizz - March 3, 2009 12:51 PM
Whadda doucher.
Facking @sshole of a dolphin thinks he's better just because he's pink? Just looks like a giant clitoris to me. Where I come from, we don't take kindly to giant external female genitalia. Just sayin'.
15. naas - March 3, 2009 12:54 PM
fake
16. Pew³ - March 3, 2009 12:58 PM
Ho ho ho Hooooooooooooo! Fiction can be fun, but I find the reference section a little more enlightening. For instance, if you were to look up the NFL's "All Time Bonehead Plays," you might read about a Miami Dolphin kicker named Ray Finkle, who missed the 26 yard field goal in the closing seconds of Super Bowl XVII.
17. 1sse - March 3, 2009 12:59 PM
Well, someone said ***C e l e b m i n g l e. C 0 M*** is a good place to be regarded as a home. many celebrities treat their as their home. They do not exclose themselves. They put so many hot and sensitive news about themselves on that site. I like to know them on that site. But I do not know to talk about what they write. That's secret for the members on that site. Want to know ur lovers' life? That's a good way to read them.
18. J-Grizz - March 3, 2009 1:05 PM
Good point, 1sse. Also, you're a doucher.
19. Chachi Plug - March 3, 2009 1:06 PM
Looks like a used USB tampon i just pulled out and threw in the trash.
20. Moose Knuckle - March 3, 2009 1:10 PM
Einhorn is Finkle. Finkle is Einhorn. Einhorn is a man!
21. huh? - March 3, 2009 1:10 PM
@1sse
Um....what's exclosing?
22. Moose Knuckle - March 3, 2009 1:11 PM
Riiiiiiiiiide the pink dolphin baby!
Ride it!
23. Pew³ - March 3, 2009 1:11 PM
It was all that Dan Marino's fault, everyone knows that. If he had held the ball, laces out, like he was supposed to, Ray would never have missed that kick. Dan Marino should die of gonorrhea and rot in hell. Would you like a cookie, son?
24. Matteo - March 3, 2009 1:15 PM
UM ITS NOT LAKE CALCASIEU. It's Lake Charles, in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. AND THERE WAS NO PINK DOLPHIN SIGHTING. Dolphins swim up the channel to the Gulf all the time. There is a salt water barrier between the fresh/salt water that is managed all the time. There has not been ANY reports of a pink dolphin. But GREAT JOB on the photoshop!
25. JK - March 3, 2009 1:16 PM
Here's what dumping nuclear waste in the oceans get us, super smart pink dolphins with evil plans of taking over the world.
26. $.02 and a pocket full of FAH-Q - March 3, 2009 1:16 PM
This is really cute, and made me smile. Awesome!
Now watch some douchebag try to kill it for a trophy...
27. Davo - March 3, 2009 1:19 PM
User: Do pink dolphins exist?
Cleverbot: I don't think so.
User: What about albino dolphins that might look pink?
Cleverbot: Maybe I can teach you about all that.
28. gizmoduck - March 3, 2009 1:19 PM
damnit Ace
29. pwall5000 - March 3, 2009 1:24 PM
Did you know that dolphins are man-evolved? Did you know that? I saw once a half -dolphin, half-man in Greece.
30. photoshop-police - March 3, 2009 1:29 PM
Where the effff is Daisy on this one?
The photos have been slightly enhanced, and they were taken about 2 years ago, but snopes says it's real.
http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/pinkdolphin.asp
31. pavmentaled - March 3, 2009 1:36 PM
I wonder what it tastes like.... I imagine it tastes like Cotton Candy.
32. Milkman - March 3, 2009 1:36 PM
Please tell me its made of pink marshmallow. And that I can get one in my easter basket.
33. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - March 3, 2009 1:39 PM
It tastes like hopes & dreams coated in carmel sauce.
34. Pat - March 3, 2009 1:44 PM
As if dolphins were effeminate enough already!
35. Pepper - March 3, 2009 1:55 PM
Thirty-something posts and no one has said this yet?
GAY!!!
36. the Commish - March 3, 2009 1:56 PM
FAIL!! This post fails on so many levels. Who the hell cares!?
This is just like that time Lonestar and his Mog had to stop to refuel on a small planet. They wanted to order the daily special while they were waiting but watched as a regular patron suddenly became violently ill. Not only did an alien creature burst out of the sickened patron's chest but that damn thing was albino! Everyone was praising the albino creature as "the raddest thing to the 'ishest" they'd ever seen! There was no way the albino peacock Princess Vespa kept at her father's castle could top that mad beast!
Everyone was about to leave when, suddenly, the maid went from 'suck' to 'blow' and things got all kinds of freaky.
37. LSDiesel - March 3, 2009 2:10 PM
I want to catch ALL the shiny pokemon!
38. Laser - March 3, 2009 2:43 PM
I like killing Arabs
39. DJ Tyrannosaur - March 3, 2009 3:04 PM
If this is real then just WOW. Incredible. But you know that unless it is carefully monitored, it will probably be captured and sold on the black market to a 'collector'.*
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*Mariah Carey
40. DJ Tyrannosaur - March 3, 2009 3:05 PM
It's really cute though.
41. Nick - March 3, 2009 3:26 PM
Wow. It must be a sacred animal like the white buffalo. Maybe heralding the end?
42. Tennist0 - March 3, 2009 4:32 PM
holy shet guiys!!!! thats like totlly my fav colar
43. M - March 3, 2009 4:43 PM
great. now paris hilton is going to want one.
44. Name - March 3, 2009 5:40 PM
...The one time where I would actually agree with Daisy, and the silly bitch hasn't posted. Damn.
45. formerly SPELLINGNAZI© - March 3, 2009 5:51 PM
"It is believed to be the only of its kind."
What, is some agency monitoring all of the dolphins in all of the oceans? How is this even assumed, let alone believed?
"So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish"
46. Lowlands - March 3, 2009 6:04 PM
A pink dolphin,isn't that beautifull? I wish Betty Paige could see this:)
47. Darth - March 3, 2009 6:10 PM
Pinky and Blacky.Sounds like a good title for a child's book.
48. Sauron - March 3, 2009 6:16 PM
The pink dolphin needs good protection since it's pretty visible in the water.Luckily the black dolphin is twice as big and protects her.
49. Nero - March 3, 2009 6:18 PM
Now we're talking about bald! I'm turned on.
50. Daisy - March 3, 2009 9:39 PM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene in the movie NEver BAck Down where Max cot some dolphin free tuna and then returned it because there was no dolphin in there. He mistakenly thought Dolphin free meant the dolphin content didn't make the product cost more.
51. Ocelot - March 3, 2009 9:59 PM
STFU DAISY! It wasn't funny the first time, and it most definitely won't be funny the 356,000th time. You are retarded, and can't spell. It makes me crazy.
52. lance uppercut - March 3, 2009 10:21 PM
I heard "Swimming with the Pink Dolphin" is a euphemism for lesbian sex.
53. Madzay - March 4, 2009 1:00 AM
This is every little girls DREAM!!!!!...
except it needs to be a pony.....otherwise, DREAM!!!!!
54. conversebabii - March 4, 2009 2:48 AM
aww. i want one. LoL that paris hilton comment is FUNNY! haha. omg itz so cute. thtz awesome. a pink dolphin. ooh. itz 2:47 am. hmm. time goes by quick. itz PINK! pink is a funny color 4 a dolphin.
55. Laser - March 4, 2009 5:51 AM
i like killing americans
56. sdv - March 4, 2009 6:21 AM
might not be fake
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=755hNR7vsH4
57. glue - March 4, 2009 7:12 AM
pink dolphins exist for sure. they have em at the underwater world in singapore
58. Cheesie - March 4, 2009 8:22 AM
dolphins are very very horny!!!!!1 but PINK DOLPHIN OMG so cute!
59. jh - March 4, 2009 8:25 AM
Nothing special...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_River_Dolphin/
60. Joe - March 4, 2009 10:17 AM
That's nothing new.
http://images.google.de/images?q=pink+dolphins&oe=utf-8&rls=com.ubuntu:en-US:unofficial&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=1JquSdWbBITHjAebmKGmBg&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&resnum=1&ct=title&gbv=1&ei=7pquSZ2BOYeW_gbWjPmMBg
61. Eri - March 4, 2009 11:30 AM
wtf pink dolphin...
this is really entertaining =P
62. Reiri - March 4, 2009 12:38 PM
Oh god, it's very beautiful *-*
63. Lindsay - March 4, 2009 12:47 PM
Ahhh I can't decide if I think its adorable or creepy as hell ahh
64. PunsKillPeople - March 4, 2009 1:11 PM
Ah, so cute! I want one...and therefore, people like me are the reason that cute things go extinct due to the pet trade...*shame*
Seriously, though, that is one f*cking cute little dolphin :D
65. Ronan - March 4, 2009 8:35 PM
This just proves that Dolphins are gay sharks
66. madskillz - March 5, 2009 2:55 AM
yea in my old marine bio class we learned about pink dolfins. they live in the amazon river.
67. Evangeline - March 5, 2009 7:12 AM
Omg! It is F@#$ing cute! I want one. Mommy, please...? Can I have a pink dolphin?!
68. Cristhian Bedon - March 5, 2009 5:01 PM
whoa... ><... whats next? red alligators?
69. Jackie - March 6, 2009 8:30 AM
I met several pink dolphins in Singapore. My kids got to paddle with them and pet them. Not quite as fluoro pink as the photos above, though!
Check them out:
http://www.sentosa.com.sg/explore_sentosa/attractions/dolphin_lagoon.html
70. oPL - March 6, 2009 8:54 AM
If it's in the internet, I believe it, duh!
Photoshop anyone?
You are so gullible...
71. Nashlieo - March 6, 2009 2:05 PM
Ya, this is sooooo Photoshop. I don't believe it...
72. matteo - March 6, 2009 2:36 PM
Yes Maxo, it's total photoshop. Not only is the photo fake, so is the freakin' story! There is no Lake Calcasieu. It's Lake Charles, Louisiana. GOSH! Besides, most of the time dolphins don't make it up the channel that far anyways because of the salt water barrier.
73. fish man - March 6, 2009 7:39 PM
whats wrong with a pink dolphin? i think it's neat. i once found an albino bug, and we put it with all the other bugs and they killed it :(
74. Mike - March 7, 2009 7:51 PM
Pfft pink dolphins... They all taste the same.
75. naveen - March 7, 2009 11:07 PM
preety cool..........
I had never ever seen a pink dolphins...bt in doesn't seems genuine..............
76. Daisy - March 8, 2009 1:20 AM
OOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLD NEWS.
77. Barbie at CPB - March 8, 2009 10:57 AM
A pink dolphin?? Is that the result of global warming... 'Mutation'.. LOL! Its a doll!! hahaha
78. Yatz - March 9, 2009 10:07 AM
looks like a pink monster that Ultraman used to fight with..
79. Ocelot - March 9, 2009 1:39 PM
wheeeeeeeeeeeee
80. KC - March 9, 2009 10:02 PM
http://www.gulfbase.org/bay/view.php?bid=calcasieu
Yes there is a Calcasieu Lake
and no its not a photoshop
http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/pinkdolphin.asp
81. ren - March 10, 2009 10:24 AM
its pink because of sunburn - its life must be agony
82. Jack Yang - March 13, 2009 6:29 PM
Huh? They have lots of those on Sentosa Island, Singapore. This is not news!
They are very pink and pretty.
83. aj - March 13, 2009 6:41 PM
what about amazonian river dolphins jack-ass there pink as well, n they dont have albinism of any sort.
84. evan vishno - March 14, 2009 6:41 PM
So Cute
85. dreeos - March 16, 2009 2:51 PM
Aahhh thats what happened to me old goldfish yippah. never seen him since me lil bro spilled a can of pink paint in me fishtank.. i wonder for how much it would sell on ebay
86. MameDoff Amin - March 17, 2009 5:03 AM
Yaxshi delfin albinos olar:))))))))))))))))))))
87. lñala - March 17, 2009 3:13 PM
woooooooooow :B
88. YKK - March 19, 2009 6:51 AM
분홍색 돌고래 정말 이쁘네요. ^^
89. Highlander - March 20, 2009 4:10 PM
There are other pink dolphins all over the world...Thailand, the Amazon, etc. Look it up.
90. The only one with any sense around here. - March 20, 2009 11:05 PM
@everybody who says "there are other pink dolphins"
It is believed to be the only pink BOTTLENOSE dolphin Dur!.
91. Jeremy - March 20, 2009 11:57 PM
I smell Photoshop.
92. BGLuver114 - March 22, 2009 10:10 AM
First of all, there are other pink dolphins. They are called Boto Dolphins. Weather this is the only PINK bottlenose dolphin in the world, i have no idea. But i doubt it. Secondly, EATING DOLPHINS IS ILLEGAL, by the way.
93. joe - March 24, 2009 12:25 PM
LOVE IT
:)
im getting me one of those
94. michelle - April 7, 2009 11:04 AM
dats awsome that we have a pink dolphine once my moms friends told me i didn't beleive them so i had to research it and now i believe them dis is awsome i love the color pink also i love dolphines so that to me is the best combination.
95. AALLLLIISSSSOONN - April 13, 2009 10:19 PM
I ♥♥♥ PINK DOLPHINS!
96. bubbles - May 13, 2009 6:01 PM
hey i love pink dolphins they r so cute don't trash them
97. ELISA - July 22, 2009 10:42 PM
I LOVE DOLPHINS AND I LOVE PINK SO I THINK IS VERY COOL AND CUTE
PINK DOLPHIN
98. You dont Know - August 14, 2009 5:07 PM
You all suck for insulting a pink dolphin. What did the dolphin ever do to you?
99. anonymous - September 29, 2009 5:11 PM
Its a pink bottlenose, the only one!!!!! and its not because of sunburn!!!!! its albino!!!!!
100. ShyShy - October 26, 2009 12:08 PM
I LOVE DOLPHINS!!!!
SO ITS COOL TO SEE A PINK DOLPHIN!!!!