Dolphin Turns Pink!

A rare albino dolphin that turns pink when angry is pulling in crowds at a water park in Japan.

15:26 17 April 2015

A rare albino dolphin in a water park in Japan turns from white to pink when it is feeling flushed. The creature, unlike other bottlenose dolphins, has no colouration but has the tendency to turn pink when swimming along with regular coloured grey dolphins. 

 

Albino dolphins, which are extremely rare, are born without melanin, which gives the colour to both eyes and skin. In fact, this dolphin is believed to be the only second one ever put on display in an aquarium. It was bought from a fisherman after it was captured during the annual dophin hunt in the town of Taiji. 

 

Albinos are considered to be an easy prey at sea because of their inability to blend in with other grey coloured dolphins. 

 

The dolphin, which is now being featured at Taiji Whale Museum, in Higashimuro District, in southern Japan's Wakayama Prefecture, has become the subject of a detailed study by the Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology and the Institute of Cetacean Research.