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Pink dolphin: (Original Post)
tblue37
Jan 2023
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judesedit
(4,443 posts)1. How about that. Very cool
GreenWave
(6,773 posts)2. I just read dolphins are color blind.
To able to see colors, the retina must have at least 2 different kinds of cones, with different sensitivities. Most mammals have 2 types of cones: L-cones (sensitive to long-wavelength light, red to green) and S-cones (sensitive to short-wavelength light, blue to violet or near UV). Humans and some other primates have 3 types of cones, giving them a better color vision. Only a few land mammals have only one type of cone, which means they are colorblind. All these land mammals are essentially nocturnal animals. Whales and dolphins (as well as seals and sea lions) have only one type of cone: the L-cones. Although these cones are more sensitive for short-wavelength light than the L-cones of terrestrial mammals, they still have a very low sensitivity for blue light. And because there is only one type of cone, they are essentially colorblind (although in theory it is possible that there is a very limited form of color vision in some light conditions, when both the rods and the cones are active). Reference: L. Peichl, G. Behrmann & R.H.H. Kröger (2001) For whales and seals the ocean is not blue: a visual pigment loss in marine mammals European Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 13: 1520-1528
https://www.dolphincommunicationproject.org/helpie_faq/can-dolphins-see-colors/
https://www.dolphincommunicationproject.org/helpie_faq/can-dolphins-see-colors/
wendyb-NC
(3,331 posts)3. Such amazing animals
So beautiful, thanks for sharing that video.
Bayard
(22,172 posts)4. How does that happen?
eppur_se_muova
(36,301 posts)5. Most likely, a form of albinism ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinky_(dolphin)
Rincewind
(1,206 posts)6. Could be an Amazon River Dolphin,
they are pink.