Rare Pink Dolphin Spotted Off Louisiana:

A rare pink dolphin was spotted swimming in Louisiana waters last week. The video of the mammal was shot by Thurman Gustin, who has been fishing for more than 20 years, according to CBS News. He spotted not one but two pink dolphins in Cameron Parish near the Gulf of Mexico on July 12 and shared the video in a Facebook post, which later went viral. Despite being accustomed to dolphin sightings in the area, this particular encounter took him completely by surprise, Mr Gustin told CBS News.



“As we were going I noticed something just under the water that I knew wasn’t normal. I stopped the boat and up popped this beautiful pink dolphin. I had to record it,” he further said. Mr Gustin’s video shows one pink dolphin briefly coming out of the water before diving back under.

“This was my third trip to Louisiana this year. I got very lucky because such spotting is extremely rare. People who have lived their whole lives there haven’t seen anything like this.”

Mr Gustin called the experience “unforgettable”.


Dolphins displaying pink or white coloring are rare and often attributed to albinism.Pinky, first sighted in 2007 in the Calcasieu River, shares similar characteristics of an albino dolphin, with reddish eyes and visible blood vessels due to the lack of pigment.

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