Incredibly Rare Albino Dolphin Spotted in Europe!
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With telltale white skin and pink eyes, the previously unrecorded Albus the dolphin fascinates experts after appearing off the Italian coast.
Marine researchers in Croatia have revealed how they have found a previously unrecorded albino dolphin, which is thought to be one of only 20 in the world.
The rare mammal - named Albus by the research team - was found in the Mediterranean off the coasts of Croatia and Italy.
Albus was first spotted near the eastern Italian port city, Ravenna.
Moreover, a spokesperson for Plavi Svijet, a Croatian environmental organization, said: "This appears to be the first albino dolphin spotted not only in the Adriatic Sea, but in the entire Mediterranean."
"Albus was, when we met, with another normally coloured bottlenose dolphin. Both animals swam and fished, and almost completely ignored us."
Bottlenose dolphins are normally a grey colour but a gene mutation gives the albino variety white skin and pink eyes.
"They are no weaker or less able than other dolphins but because of their colour they can be more vulnerable to predators," said one expert.
Meanwhile, the scientists who found Albus warned: "Please don't try to track him or follow him. The only animal a dolphin has to fear in these waters is man."
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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