"DO YOU HAVE IT IN PINK?" MOTHER NATURE GLEEFULLY REPLIES WITH A RESOUNDING "YES!"
THE PINK LAND IGUANA Almost 175 years after Charles Darwin roamed their rocky shores, the Galapagos Islands are still springing surprises on biologists who’d thought they’d seen it all. Maybe now they have: a small population of large, pink land iguanas living on the slopes of the Wolf Volcano on Isabela Island. Blood testing confirmed that these are actually a specific species... and not just a band name.
LIOPHIDIUM PATTONI, native to Madagascar forests, is a science newbie discovered in 2010.
THE GREATER FLAMINGO are not actually pink, they TURN pink from ingesting water-borne bacteria and from the beta carotene in the food they eat.
Frogfish don’t have scales and can adjust their skin coloration to match their surroundings. We’re not sure what was surrounding the frogfish above… perhaps a ship’s cargo of pink bubblegum?
UAKARIS are monkeys…they come from isolated areas of the northwest Amazon basin and just look like Skeletor’s pet.This odd-looking New World monkey has copious hair all over its body with the exception of its head – much like your average middle-aged human male.
THE PINK AMAZON RIVER DOLPHIN (top photos) is actually a mottled pink with gray, but it’s pinker by far than any other dolphin. They’re also thought to be intelligent and have a brain capacity 40% larger than that of humans. The Amazon pink dolphins come by their hue naturally, but is not to be confused with a few albino Bottlenose Dolphins that were featured in the news. (left)
HIPPOPOTAMUS are rarely sighted outside of Hanna-Barbara cartoons but they do exist, and for several reasons. Most hippos are a brownish-gray color with pink undertones. They can appear even pinker on hot, sunny days when they sweat: hippo have pink sweat!
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PINK ELEPHANT Though this post has focused on naturally pink animals, albino elephants just had to be included because there’s just no ignoring the 800-lb pink elephant in the room – or in the wild.
PINK FAIRY ARMADILLO (Chlamyphorus truncatus) or pichiciego is the smallest species of armadillo and is is approximately 3.5-4.5 inches long.
GALAH COCKATOO (left photo) A.K.A. the Rose-breasted cockatoo, Roseate Cockatoo or Pink and Grey, is one of the most common and widespread cockatoos, and it can be found in open country in almost all parts of Australia. The Major Mitchell's Cockatoo (right photo) ... is endangered with its flocks diminishing over the last 50 years due to the illegal pet trade.
ROSEATE SPOONBILL a large wading bird with pink plumage and a distinctive spatulate bill, is one of the most striking birds found in North America. They stand 85 cm tall and have a 1.3 m wingspan.
PIGS! How could we forget our favorite pinkies?! They are actually called "white pigs." White skinned pigs appear pink due to the blood vessels other underneath. Their skin is similar to humans. And pig skin is sensitive to light and chemicals. That is one of the reasons they soak in mud. It helps protect their skin from the suns rays, it helps keep them from getting too hot, and it helps keep insects from biting them. Pigs are also often used to test skin products (make-up, lotions, etc) since their skin is so sensitive and similar to humans.
In the instance of the SHOCKING PINK DRAGON MILLIPEDE, its hot pink coloring means stand back, because I can shoot cyanide. They even give off the tell-tale smell of almonds associated with cyanide. There are 23 species of dragon millipedes, but the shocking pink millipede is the largest of them (now it's just showing off).
