A rare albino dolphin calf, specifically a Risso's dolphin, was just spotted last week in Monterey Bay among a pod of Risso's dolphins. The sighting was captured on video on June 7 by Princess Monterey Whale Watching, and on the YouTube video description they say the dolphin could either be albino or "possibly leucistic," which is a similar condition of partial loss or reduction in multiple types of pigmentation.
As ABC 7 notes, adult Risso's dolphins grow to about 10 feet long.
The little white guy can be seen even better in the video below, which was shot on Friday, June 9.
Albino dolphins have occasionally gotten worldwide fame, like one named Angel who was captured by dolphin hunters in Japan and sold to an aquarium in 2014. She's been the subject of considerable activism because she's been forced to live ever since in a small, chlorinated tank.
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