Spotted In Florida: An Extremely Rare White Dolphin Calf

A rare white dolphin was spotted swimming with its pod off the coast of Florida

An extremely rare sighting of an all-white baby dolphin has created a buzz on social media. Footage shot by Caitlin Mackey shows three dolphins - one adult and two calves - swimming in the waters along the coast of Florida in the United States. Dolphins are frequently spotted in the waters of Florida, but one of the three dolphins seen this time had unusual colouration which some theorized could be caused by albinism - a complete loss of pigmentation which is said to happen in mammals in about one out of every 10,000 births. Caitlin Mackey spotted the pod of dolphins swimming near the sea wall at the Clearwater Basin Marina. One of the calves in the pod was an all-white baby. In a post on her Instagram handle, Ms Mackey wrote that it was an incredible footage of "our local wildlife!", and added, "Rare albino baby dolphin!" "We see all kinds of dolphins, but never this one," Ms Mackey told FOX 13. "It looked to me that they were hunting near the sea wall, as they normally do. The back caudal fin is deformed, but as you can see, it seemed to be swimming fine." The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - an agency that focuses on the conditions of the oceans, major waterways, and the atmosphere - states that not much is known about such dolphins.