Comments on: Pinky Expedition 2008

by: Blue Mako

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:18:05 +0000

For instance, the Coelacanth’s of today are the same as the ones that exist in the fossil record. Not exactly. And in fact, iirc the genus Latimeria does not appear in the fossil record (not all that surprising, given the deep-water habitat of the living forms, L. chalumnae and L. menadoensis)...

by: Spinach Village

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:37:54 +0000

Thanks for the picture of the Botos Dolphin’ Kittens.. I am unfamiliar with that species of Dolphin

by: Bob Michaels

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:05:27 +0000

Pinky could be a Giant salamander, an undescribed species, a type of Hellbender.

by: vance

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:19:19 +0000

And just for that young person, if you are planning to see Flamingos in Florida, you better go to Busch Gardens or something. We don’t have Flamingos in Florida. Well, some Florida transplants do have either the concrete or plastic variety standing in their yards for some unknown reason lol!

by: kittenz

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:37:26 +0000

A big albino or leucistic python could also be a pinkish color, but, while I think it very likely that big pythons are living wild in Florida, I doubt that pythons are behind the tales of “Pinky”.

by: kittenz

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:35:14 +0000

Botos (Amazonian River Dolphins) are a pinkish color, and they have a long (compared to other dolphins’), flexible neck. Furthermore they don’t have a dorsal fin but instead have a low ridge running down the length of their back. Their flippers are paddle-shaped. Here http://library.thinkquest.org/5343/Images/motherwithbaby.jpg is a link showing a photo of a mother boto with her calf.

by: Spinach Village

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 02:00:06 +0000

The thing that bothers me about the Dolphin/Manatee explanation is the neck thingy problem (explained as 3 feet long and from what I’m gathering snake-ish)…

If I said to the world that I just saw a dolphin with a 3 foot long snake type neck, people might say something like:
“Sounds like You must of seen a Dinosaur…”

Also I’m not sure if a dinosaur today would be “diverged” from the ones seen in the fossil record… For instance, the Coelacanth’s of today are the same as the ones that exist in the fossil record.

…and If it were a Python/Boa how does one explain how it held its head?

by: sschaper

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:26:39 +0000

Good hunting, Loren. I look forward to your report.

No idea what this could be. But it could be an albino phase of something else that might be more commonly seen. Were there any goanas or iguanas in that region before the exotic pet trade?

Other obvious notions have been given; including manatees, river dolphins, snakes, even an albino otter with mange.

Pink hue is also present in another Floridian animal, the flamingo, because of what it eats, but that color then shows up in the feathers, not the hide.

by: Ranatemporaria

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:57:38 +0000

Not sure how the descriptions lead to a ‘dinosaur’ conclusion, sounds more serpentine, perhaps amphibian.

Kittenz, like your thinking.

If any dino did survive it would more than likely be aquatic/semi-aquatic (Like Crocodilians). Some conditions, temp, etc are generally less variable in water. Also I reckon if something did survive it may well be greatly diverged from its fossil form. As for river dolphins, how about an ancestral or convergent evolved form?

Ecosystems such as the swamps and everglades of Florida have been altered so much recently. Historical accounts like this make me think about what creatures may have become extinct in the last 100 -200 and were never formally discovered or know by science, and as such they can’t even be forgotten.

by: cryptidsrus

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:19:13 +0000

Anyway—

Like Maine Crypto said—hope you find an explanation for these sightings. Looking forward to your next posting!!!