Posted on 10/30/2021 10:09:30 PM PDT by blueplum
MONTEREY — In the days leading up to Halloween, a rare all-white dolphin named “Casper” has been frequenting the Monterey Bay. But sighting the perplexing creature isn’t a trick of the eyes, or just a spooky Halloween treat.
The dolphin actually visits the region quite often, according to Nancy Black, a marine biologist with Monterey Bay Whale Watch....
..Black and other scientists think the dolphin is around 9 years old — still a juvenile since Risso’s can live up to 35 years. Casper frequently travels with his mother and has been seen as far north as Davenport, with pods of hundreds and even thousands of other dolphins....
...While albino mammals typically have pink or red eyes, Casper does not.
“It’s pretty rare,” Black said of Casper’s bright white coloring. “I’ve been doing this for 30 years and he is the only one I’ve seen like that all this time.”
Casper’s personality even lines up with his friendly ghost namesake...
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Gorgeous! What a sweetie!! :D
I’ll look out for him tomorrow.
Come for the squid, stay for the photographers.
Always exciting to see dolphins at the beach, but this would be exceptional!
Great case of American diversity. A biologist named “BLACK”, a “WHITE” dolphin who should have been Gray or Blue, and it’s in California, the cereal state, made up of “flakes, nuts and fruits”.
As Yakov Smirnoff used to say, “American, ain’t it a great place”??
Let’s all sing the Beatles song “Come Together” at a Kumbaya Kamp on the Koast.
“In the days leading up to Halloween, a rare all-white dolphin named “Casper” has been frequenting the Monterey Bay.”
OMG, how “ironic”!
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