[Silentgypsy]

She was rescued and now lives in an aquarium on the Russian mainland.

[Mercat]

oooooo pink flippers. Cute overload.

[Cowboy Bob]

...shunned by her all-black seal colony on the Russian island of Tyuleniy.

Reverse racism in the seal world?

[Larry Lucido]

Is there a pinipedophilia ping list?

[blam]

[GladesGuru]

That is one of the most valuable seals in the world. Carefully cared for, and with her pups also cared for, it is possible a line of albino seals could be bred. Or at least one with a large number of albino offspring.

Given the price of seal coats, if sufficient numbers could be produced in fur farms, a new industry could be created from that one seal.

However, as a biologist and a photographer/videographer, that IS a beautiful animal.