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Ganges river dolphins usually are tan, chocolate brown, dark grey or light blue. They have an elongated, slender snout with sharp and very pointed teeth, similar to most river dolphins. The river dolphin has a rounded belly which, combined with their rectangular dorsal fin, makes them look particularly stocky in build compared to other dolphins.
Peale's dolphin (Lagenorhynchus australis) is a small dolphin found in the waters around Tierra del Fuego at the foot of South America. It is also commonly known as the black-chinned dolphin or even Peale's black-chinned dolphin. However, since Rice's work [3] Peale's dolphin has been adopted as the standard common name.
An adult Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin is grey, white or pink [7] and may appear as an albino dolphin to some. Populations along the coasts of China [8] and Thailand [9] have been observed with pink skin. The pink colour originates not from a pigment, but from blood vessels which were overdeveloped for thermoregulation. The body length is 2 to ...
The number of Chinese white dolphins, which appear pink because of blood vessels beneath their skin, has slumped over the past decade to just 47. Bridge to China brings threat for Hong Kong's ...
A beautiful pink dolphin, who was first spotted in Louisiana in 2007, was again seen swimming through a ship channel in her native state.
Specific types of dolphins can be pink. [1] River dolphins are relatively small compared to other dolphins, having evolved to survive in warm, shallow water and strong river currents. They range in size from the 5-foot (1.5 m) long South Asian river dolphin to the 8-foot (2.4 m) and 220-pound (100 kg) Amazon river dolphin.
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Indus dolphins have more teeth than Ganges dolphins, averaging 33.2 teeth in the upper jaw and the 32.9 in the lower jaw, as compared to 28.4 in the upper jaw and 29.4 in the lower. [ 3 ] Living in murky waters, South Asian river dolphins are nearly blind, their tiny eyes having flattened corneas and no lens .