Pinky the Pink Dolphin from Lake Calcasieu, Louisiana (photos)

Tuesday March, 3 2009 @ 1:44 pm

Pinky the Pink Dolphin from Lake Calcasieu, Louisiana

Pinky the Pink Dolphin was discovered by Erik Rue, the 42 year old charter boat captain when he was sailing the Lake Calcasieu in Louisiana. Pinky is the world’s only pink Bottlenose dolphin. Pinky is an albino dolphin. His eyes are bright red and skin, well… bright pink. He’s otherwise perfectly healthy, the only oddity about him is that he’s all flashy pink.

Pinky the Pink Dolphin has been swimming in the waters of Louisiana’s Lake Calcasieu since 2007. He’s been a big attraction, to the point that conservationists want to limit the time allocated for observation.

Dolphins are awesome. Their sense of community is unsurpassed. Family of dolphins will never abandon a member who’s injured, rather they’ll stay with him and protect him until he’s capable of keeping up with them again. When pinky the Pink Dolphin was first spotted, there was a group of five dolphins around with Pinky’s mom always by his side. Dolphins are so amazing. Especially this pink albino dolphin.

More pictures of Pinky the Pink Dolphin in the photo gallery below:

 

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3 Responses to 'Pinky the Pink Dolphin from Lake Calcasieu, Louisiana (photos)'

  1. Wink - March 5th, 2009 at 9:26 am

    Wow this is actually really cool. Also, I didn’t realize that bottlenose dolphins ventured that far inland to freshwater! I’m sure that’s pretty uncommon too.

  2. Robert Griessen - April 5th, 2009 at 10:55 am

    I hope that some over zealous person does not try and capture Pinky, thinking he could be of a great deal of monetary value. There always seems to be some non thinking IDIOT who sticks his nose in where it doesn’t belong when News Items such as this occur. I really enjoyed this Whole Pinky story I just hope the above doesn’t happen.

  3. Cliff - April 6th, 2009 at 11:15 am

    Calcasieu Lake (we call it Big Lake) is a salt water bay.

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