Video shows M'sians freaking out as dozens of fish crawl out of muddy water onto land In this case, seeing the pink dolphins leads fishermen to believe they'll have a good shrimp and fish harvesting season. The dolphin seen in Vietnam could very well be in that particular mid-stage of development, but there's no real way to tell unless you get up close.Īccording to local fisherman in Do Son beach, the appearance of pink dolphins brings with it good harvests, kind of like a lucky symbol or good omen.
As they grow older, the color of their skin turns pink, and then eventually it turns white once they reach full maturity. They're not such a vibrant pink to begin with: Experts describe it as a 'slight tint' of pink.Īmong Chinese white dolphins for instance, newborns are black. According to the BBC, some dolphin species change colors as they progress through different stages of growth and maturity. The specimen seen in the video is believed to be an Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin, commonly found in the eastern Indian and western Pacific Oceans. But this also isn't the first time that pink dolphins have been seen in Do Son beach, according to Vietnamese media outlet VnExpress. Seeing that it's pink, the reaction to the sighting was much more exciting, with many expressing renewed hope that nature was recovering. But of course, if this was a regular grey-colored dolphin, it would just be a video of a dolphin.
The dolphin can be seen making multiple leaps into the air, breaching the surface of the water. The nearly one-and-a-half-minute-video shows a pink dolphin keeping a safe distance from the person recording the video, purported to be on a fishing boat.