Mar 6, 2009: Pink Shark

xoxoxoBruce · 03-06-2009, 12:08 AM

OK I lied, it's a Pink Dolphin.
The picture makes it look like plastic, or bubble gum, but apparently it's real.

Quote:

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.

Any chemical plants in that vicinity?
Captain Rue? Isn't that french for red?

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lumberjim · 03-06-2009, 12:13 AM

[cartman] smooth, glossy and pink on Rye bread with some mayonnaise![/cartman]

ZenGum · 03-06-2009, 12:18 AM

That's just sunburn (which is "pre-cooked" to some!)

SPUCK · 03-06-2009, 02:52 AM

It's easy to evade sharks they're all incapacitated laughing.

DanaC · 03-06-2009, 04:20 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 · 03-06-2009, 05:25 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 · 03-06-2009, 08:05 AM

4 13 18 21 35 38 5

Sundae · 03-06-2009, 08:07 AM

Ah well.
I have 01 13 18 39 47 (04 07)
I'll get a prize just for having two numbers anyway.

Flint · 03-06-2009, 08:45 AM

mmmmmm pink blowhole

Queen of the Ryche · 03-06-2009, 11:58 AM

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 · 03-06-2009, 12:20 PM

That is amazingly cool!

Thanks for the pink dolphin, God!

(...do the Mayans have anything about a pink dolphin in their propehcy?)

birdclaw · 03-06-2009, 03:02 PM

Nice pic. I want to have a band named pink dolphin of the quad pod.

lumberjim · 03-06-2009, 03:37 PM

that pink dolphin looks very earnest and hardworking. I bet it's a model citizen of dolphinkind

DanaC · 03-06-2009, 03:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flint

mmmmmm pink blowhole

You've gone wrong, mate.

hipshot · 03-06-2009, 05:02 PM

"Candygram...."

(Sorry, I just had to.

)

03-06-2009, 12:13 AM	#2
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	[cartman] smooth, glossy and pink on Rye bread with some mayonnaise![/cartman] __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

03-06-2009, 12:18 AM	#3
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	That's just sunburn (which is "pre-cooked" to some!) __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

03-06-2009, 05:25 AM	#6
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	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 __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

03-06-2009, 08:05 AM	#7
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	4 13 18 21 35 38 5 __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

03-06-2009, 08:07 AM	#8
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Ah well. I have 01 13 18 39 47 (04 07) I'll get a prize just for having two numbers anyway. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

03-06-2009, 02:52 AM	#4
SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,911	It's easy to evade sharks they're all incapacitated laughing.

03-06-2009, 04:20 AM	#5
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	I just read this thread and had a really powerful sense of deja vue. Everything, right down to the Cartman joke seemed familiar.

03-06-2009, 08:45 AM	#9
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	mmmmmm pink blowhole __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

03-06-2009, 11:58 AM	#10
Queen of the Ryche is fleeing the scene Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Beautiful CO Posts: 1,510	Princess of the Ryche saw this article, and asked if she could get a tattoo of a pink shark. Not dolphin. She's five. __________________ Once, in an interview, Chuck Norris admitted that he was not the most awesome thing ever. He declined to elaborate; but I believe we all know that he was referring to the existence of chocolate covered bacon. I'd rather be judged by twelve than carried by six.

03-06-2009, 12:20 PM	#11
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	That is amazingly cool! Thanks for the pink dolphin, God! (...do the Mayans have anything about a pink dolphin in their propehcy?) __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

03-06-2009, 03:02 PM	#12
birdclaw putting the "g" in flight Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 145	Nice pic. I want to have a band named pink dolphin of the quad pod.

03-06-2009, 03:37 PM	#13
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	that pink dolphin looks very earnest and hardworking. I bet it's a model citizen of dolphinkind __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

03-06-2009, 05:02 PM	#15
hipshot Enlarged to show texture Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 80	"Candygram...." (Sorry, I just had to. ) __________________ "When I die, I want to go peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather. Not screaming in terror like the passengers in his car."

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