{"id":253844,"date":"2021-05-19T22:37:26","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T19:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/white-dolphin-seen-swimming-off-california-coastline\/"},"modified":"2021-05-19T22:37:26","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T19:37:26","slug":"white-dolphin-seen-swimming-off-california-coastline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/white-dolphin-seen-swimming-off-california-coastline\/","title":{"rendered":"#White dolphin seen swimming off California coastline"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#White dolphin seen swimming off California coastline<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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A white Risso\u2019s dolphin was spotted Friday by a group of whale watchers off the Southern California coastline.<\/p>\n

In a Sunday video from Dana Point\u2019s \u201cDana Wharf Whale Watch,\u201d a man on a microphone is heard pointing out the rare animal in a pod of what Fox 35 reported was 30 to 40 other dolphins.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

In an accompanying Facebook post<\/a>, the group clarified that the Risso\u2019s dolphin is \u201cleucistic\u201d and \u201cnot an albino.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cToday at Dana Wharf Whale Watch the sightings included 9 fin whales, 3 humpback whales, 2 Minke whales, Risso\u2019s dolphin including a leucistic Risso\u2019s, bottlenose dolphin and common dolphin, plus Henry the Masked Booby. On the Ocean Adventures with Captain Chase Moore and deckhand Georgina Stone, we saw Risso\u2019s dolphin on our first three trip<\/a>s today,\u201d wrote naturalist Laura Lopez.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThis included a mixed pod of both bottlenose and Risso\u2019s and also a leucistic Risso\u2019s dolphin. This dolphin has been seen at least three times since 2018 from San Diego to Catalina and most recently off Laguna Beach earlier this week,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines leucism as a genetic condition that results in reduced pigmentation and is caused by a genetic mutation that inhibits melanin and other pigments.<\/p>\n

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A white Risso\u2019s dolphin has only been spotted \u201cat least three times since 2018,\u201d according to whale watchers group \u201cDana Wharf Whale Watch.\u201d
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Dana Wharf Whale Watch\/Facebook<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Unlike albinism, the U.S. Navy Marine Species Monitoring blog says, leucistic animals \u201ctend to retain some pigment in their skin and often have dark, normal colored eyes.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to NOAA, Risso\u2019s dolphins \u2013 sometimes called gray dolphins \u2013 are found in \u201cthe temperate and tropical zones of all the world\u2019s oceans\u201d and usually prefer deep offshore waters.<\/p>\n

The dolphins can weigh up to 1,100 pounds, are up to 13 feet long and live for 35 years or more in the areas surrounding Alaska, New England, the Mid-Atlantic, the Pacific Islands, the Southeast and the West Coast.<\/p>\n

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A wild Pacific Risso\u2019s dolphin swims through open seas.
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The agency says that Risso\u2019s dolphins are typically found in groups of between 10 and 30 animals and occasionally associated with other dolphins and whales.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Although they are not listed as endangered or threatened, they are protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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