Have you ever seen a pink dolphin? If you haven’t, then this is your chance to finally see one!
First
of all, you should know that pink dolphin is not a legend. There’s
actually a real one roaming around the waters of Louisiana!
Meet Pinky, the legendary pink dolphin.
Pinky
has been roaming around the waters of Louisiana, gracing countless
viewers with her appearance. Pinky has a very unique skin color. We know
that dolphins have a natural pink belly, but it is very rare to see a
dolphin to have a pink color all over their bodies.
According to scientists, pink dolphins have a condition called
albinism. Albinism is a genetic defect where the bodies cannot produce
the normal chemicals that provide the dolphins with their grey pigment.
Aside
from the fact that Pinky cannot completely open her eyes all the way,
and her color, she is a normal dolphin. According to People, Pinky was
first spotted in 2007. Ever since that day, she has been seen more
frequently over the past years. More and more people are hoping that
they would be able to spot her too.
Nobody was really sure of Pinky’s gender and many just assumed that she
is a female because of her color. But just last year, someone was lucky
enough to take a picture of her in action and it was during the mating
season.
Captain
Erik Rue was the captain of a charter boat. He was the one who was able
to capture snapshots of Pinky while she was swimming around Lake
Charles, Louisiana. He said that since 2007, there were so many
instances where Pinky got too close to his boat. He revealed that Pinky
is a very curious dolphin and she loves to swim close to humans, as
close as 10 feet on Captain Rue’s boat!
It was in 2015 that Captain Erik Rue swore that he finally was able to figure out Pinky’s gender –Pinky is a female dolphin!
During
his interview with ABC News, he said, “I’ve taken a ton of pictures of
her mating and it proved she’s a female. I believe I’m the first one who
saw her and I know I’m the first one to take pictures of her. ” Because
of these natural consequences, some are wondering whether she’s
pregnant or not.
If she is, then there is a great chance that she will be giving birth to more pink dolphins.
In
fact, a woman named Bridget Boudreaux was with her husband one time and
she claimed that they spotted not less than two pink dolphins along the
Calcasieu Ship Channel way back in 2017. During an interview with KATC,
a local TV station, Boudreaux recalled her experience seeing these pink
dolphins, saying, “It was amazing to see. Like I said we saw two but I
couldn’t get both on video at the time.
I was astonished. ”
She
added, “When we saw the first one, we stopped to watch them all play.
There were regular dolphins and then two pink dolphins. They were either
mating or eating. We watched them for a while until that ship came and
they went towards it.”
In
2018, another video from Thomas Adams surfaced on Facebook and it shows
two pink dolphins. It appears to be a mother dolphin with her calf.
Everyone is hoping that they will soon see more and more pink dolphins
in the Louisiana waters.
