Posted by: Loren Coleman on May 27th, 2009 Some might be tempted
to throw the “Pinky” moniker in the direction of this beautiful
animal, but that hardly befits this fine specimen. The vividly
colored creature would be most properly called le dauphin rose,
the pink dolphin, around New Orleans. So let’s just call her
“Rosy.” This photo provided by Stephen Fournet of Lafayette,
La., and taken on May 18, 2009 shows an albino dolphin, left and
a darker dolphin in the lower Calcasieu Ship Channel south of
Lake Charles, La. Biologist say albino dolphins are rare _ the
Lake Charles animal is just the 14th reliably reported
worldwide, and the third in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP
Photo/Courtesy Stephen Fournet) In this Dec. 5, 2007 photo
released by Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, an
albino dolphin calf follows an adult, in the Calcasieu Ship
Channel in La. The dolphin is still often seen in the channel
south of Lake Charles, near the western edge of Louisiana.
Biologist say albino dolphins are rare _ the L