Comments on: Pour another and you might see two

Pour another and you might see two

baphomet — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 02:27:12 -0800

No, you're not drunk, it's really a pink elephant. Pink dolphin unavailable for comment.

By: hal_c_on

hal_c_on — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 03:15:32 -0800

Is it really pink, or is it just a lighter shade of gray than the elephants it is around? This is also why I look like a black dude with my irish pals, and why I look irish with my black pals. I also seem normal and possibly nice on mefi because of the preponderance of douchebaggery.

By: krautland

krautland — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 03:18:53 -0800

if that's pink then I am drunk.

By: longsleeves

longsleeves — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 03:20:13 -0800

Is it really pink, or is it just a lighter shade of gray than the elephants it is around? Not either/or. Please stop limiting this little elephant, you who must judge!

By: incompressible

incompressible — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 03:38:25 -0800

They're both gray, right? Wait, colorblind-ed! When I call gray things pink it usually makes things more interesting too--pink ties, pink pick-up trucks, pink Valentine's Day card I made for my wife...that turned out to be gray.

By: lee

lee — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 03:42:37 -0800

No really I am very drunk!!!!

By: caddis

caddis — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 05:00:33 -0800

That's what happens when you sober up.

By: roombythelake

roombythelake — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 05:30:22 -0800

I saw three of these a few months ago in a zoo/pen in outer Rangoon, Burma. We couldn't get too close, possibly for our protection or because the albino elephants are held to be somewhat sacred creatures, nor were we supposed to take pictures, though that had more to do with the pictures being sold from the booth in the viewing gallery than for reasons of culture or the animals' own protection. In addition to buying the grainy photo from the booth, I took one on the sly myself (note: self-link to flickr photo), which explains why it turned out a bit wonky (blow it up to original size for a better view). The males are larger and more greyish, closer to a regular elephant colour, and the females are more pinky. As noted in the article, though, it's a bit more common in Asian elephants. In Burma there's a history of Kings having albino elephants caught and kept them in a private collection, and teaching them to kneel before the King and nonsense like that, as a tribute to his power. It's one bit of history the junta hasn't erased, and there were photos on display of the generals and their families coming up to them, touching them, etc. I was disappointed we didn't get to see them walk around more, for our sake and their own. They were released from their leg chains toward the end of our time there, but before then they just kept moving forward and back, forward and back, as if doing calisthenics, pulling against the restraint, which I guess is how they spend a good deal of the day. It was pretty sad. On a side note, I didn't know there is an organisation called Elephants without Borders! Wonderful.

By: gomichild

gomichild — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 05:32:14 -0800

Looks to be about #D8BEB1 from here.

By: swift

swift — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 06:53:01 -0800

What the hell is a dolphin?

By: Rhaomi

Rhaomi — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 07:45:28 -0800

At least it's not a tiny elephant. Now that would be weird.

By: Evangeline

Evangeline — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 08:06:52 -0800

Thanks to you, baphomet, I have finally discovered my purpose in life. I have booked a flight to Botswana, where I will spend the rest of my days following that adorable, pink-ish little thing around with a barrel of sunscreen. Also I've commissioned the manufacture of a giant pair of sunglasses.

By: giraffe

giraffe — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 08:35:14 -0800

Someone call Lisa Frank!

By: jonp72

jonp72 — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 08:51:59 -0800

As long as this stops some nitwit would-be know-it-alls from yammering about "black swans," I'm all for it!

By: metastability

metastability — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 08:52:45 -0800

I applaud their restraint in not photoshopping it to make it look more pink. Unfortunately I can't say the same about the dolphin.

By: orange swan

orange swan — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 11:39:17 -0800

I'd say it was more of a putty colour, myself. The dolphin, now, is pink. Goodness. As long as this stops some nitwit would-be know-it-alls from yammering about "black swans," I'm all for it! Black swans? Yawn.

By: Flashman

Flashman — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 13:48:36 -0800

If you guessed the pink elephant, you're right.

By: fuzzypantalones

fuzzypantalones — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 17:23:40 -0800

that pink elephant needs a "wash me" sign.