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Mar 6, 2009: Pink Shark
OK I lied, it's a Pink Dolphin.
The picture makes it look like plastic, or bubble gum, but apparently it's real.
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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. Capt Rue originally saw the dolphin, which also has reddish eyes, swimming with a pod of four other dolphins, with one appearing to be its mother which never left its side. He said: "I just happened to see a little pod of dolphins, and I noticed one that was a little lighter. "It was absolutely stunningly pink. "I had never seen anything like it. It's the same color throughout the whole body and it looks like it just came out of a paint booth. "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. |
Captain Rue? Isn't that french for red?
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lumberjim Friday Mar 6 01:13 AM
[cartman] smooth, glossy and pink on Rye bread with some mayonnaise![/cartman]
ZenGum Friday Mar 6 01:18 AM
That's just sunburn (which is "pre-cooked" to some!)
SPUCK Friday Mar 6 03:52 AM
It's easy to evade sharks they're all incapacitated laughing.
DanaC Friday Mar 6 05:20 AM
I just read this thread and had a really powerful sense of deja vue. Everything, right down to the Cartman joke seemed familiar.
Sundae Friday Mar 6 06:25 AM
It was in a UK paper. You might have seen it on the shelf of a newsagent and thought the Cartman ref?
But if you're seeing into the future PLEASE can I have the winning lottery numbers for tonight? £85 million 
lumberjim Friday Mar 6 09:05 AM
4 13 18 21 35 38 5
Sundae Friday Mar 6 09:07 AM
Ah well.
I have 01 13 18 39 47 (04 07)
I'll get a prize just for having two numbers anyway.
Flint Friday Mar 6 09:45 AM
mmmmmm pink blowhole
Queen of the Ryche Friday Mar 6 12:58 PM
Princess of the Ryche saw this article, and asked if she could get a tattoo of a pink shark. Not dolphin. She's five.
Trilby Friday Mar 6 01:20 PM
That is amazingly cool!
Thanks for the pink dolphin, God!
(...do the Mayans have anything about a pink dolphin in their propehcy?)
birdclaw Friday Mar 6 04:02 PM
Nice pic. I want to have a band named pink dolphin of the quad pod. 
lumberjim Friday Mar 6 04:37 PM
that pink dolphin looks very earnest and hardworking. I bet it's a model citizen of dolphinkind
DanaC Friday Mar 6 04:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Flint
mmmmmm pink blowhole
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hipshot Friday Mar 6 06:02 PM
"Candygram...."
(Sorry, I just had to. 
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Trilby Friday Mar 6 08:11 PM
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Originally Posted by lumberjim
that pink dolphin looks very earnest and hardworking. I bet it's a model citizen of dolphinkind
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Beestie Friday Mar 6 08:30 PM
Pink huh? Not that there's anything wrong with that...
Trilby Friday Mar 6 09:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Beestie
Pink huh? Not that there's anything wrong with that...
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nah, we checked for that.
Sundae Saturday Mar 7 05:14 AM
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Originally Posted by lumberjim
4 13 18 21 35 38 5
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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl
Ah well.
I have 01 13 18 39 47 (04 07) I'll get a prize just for having two numbers anyway. |
13 17 19 25 35 (05 06)
You'd have won £5.10
Shawnee123 Saturday Mar 7 10:42 AM
He's FABULOUS.
xoxoxoBruce Saturday Mar 7 11:06 AM
I worry about his health though, he's got...
pink eye. 
I crack myself up. No, wait, I'm cracking up.
Shawnee123 Saturday Mar 7 11:09 AM
Groan. 
xoxoxoBruce Saturday Mar 7 11:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Shawnee123
Groan.
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Shawnee123 Saturday Mar 7 11:18 AM
Wail or whale?
Oh well. 
Gravdigr Sunday Mar 8 05:24 PM
That dolphin is trying to raise breast cancer awareness...It's a Komen dolphin.
Flint Thursday Mar 12 10:17 PM
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Originally Posted by DanaC
You've gone wrong, mate.
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