Think Pink!!!!! For 31 Days in October

Think Pink!!!!! For 31 Days in October

All cool things that are pink and occur in the real world of nature. On facebook I have promised to post one true pink think in nature to raise breast cancer awareness for October 2012. I will mirror it here all in one stop.

OCT 1.) The pink lake in Senegal Africa.

This is Lake Retba in the principality of Senegal in West Africa. This lake has a 40% salt content in most places and is only 3 meters deep. The people who live there go out and harvest the salt from the water to be used as a commodity. They have to cover their bodies in shea butter before going out to prevent their skin from severely drying out from the effects of the salt and sun on their bodies. The pink color is caused by a small living organism, an algae, that survives on the salt and sun.  The algae is called Dunaliella salina. 

OCT 2.) The pink lake in Esperance Australia. 

This lake in Australia contains the same salt loving algae as the one in Africa (almost on exact opposite sides of the earth, if you could stick a skewer through the planet on a slight angle).

OCT.3.) The pink dolphins of the Amazon.

The pink dolphin is exclusive to the Great Amazon river and her tributaries. They have no natural predators other than us. They are very fast swimmers reaching speeds of 20mph. Their brains are 40% larger than ours. Their color comes from the food they eat in the river. Unlike the standard ocean dolphin, they have no pronounced dorsal fin just a little hump and their tail fins are MUCH larger,

They hunt primarily in a group for smaller fish creating a "cattle drive" effect to get the fish to the surface. They are very social. They take care of each other's offspring. Babies nurse for up to 20 months. The mother's are pregnant for up to 1 year but no less than 9 months. They are very vocal to each other, with clicks and sounds and touch each other, almost "hugging" with their fins. They also are ENDANGERED! This is yet ANOTHER REASON WHY THE AMAZON RAINFOREST IS A MAGICAL, BEAUTIFUL, PRECIOUS AND IMPORTANT PLACE THAT MUST BE PROTECTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 Ok I am climbing off my soap box and going on.

OCT. 4.) Pink Katydid

OCT. 5.)Pink Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo
Aerial view of 2000 adult Lesser Flamingos, assembled on a specially constructed breeding island at Kamfers Dam, Kimberley, South Africa courtesy Wikipediea

OCT. 6.) Orchid praying mantis

OCT. 7.)Pink elephant

OCT. 8.)Pink Japanese Maple

This variety of Japanese maple called " Oridono Nishiki" is a variegated Japanese maple in green and white. But the white is pink in new leaves, making the maple very unusual.

OCT. 9.) Galah Cockatoo

The Galah Cockatoo. These live in HUGE groups in Australia flying in flocks of hundreds at a time. Many were captured and sold in the US as individual pets. Now thankfully there is a ban on buying or selling parrots that are not raised here. All parrots must have a foot band indicating the aviary they were raised in and the date hatched. The bands must be a solid unbroken ring on the foot which is slipped on when they are very small. If you own any type of parrot that has a cheap open band it is an illegal captured animal that was tortured to get here. I am not going to get on the soap box for this now but just do not buy a bird unless they have the proper band.

OCT. 10.) Purple Dottyback

Purple Dottyback saltwater fish. You may recognize this if you have the aquarium screen saver.

OCT.11.) Pink Iguana
Scientists have found that a pink lizard species is more than 5 million years old, longer than any other iguana has lived on Galapagos. And when Charles Darwin made his study of the Galapagos Island in 1835, he missed the pink and black iguana. The iguana has no scientific name as of yet.
This is from the blog "Navy wife life"

OCT.12) Pink Anemone
Courtesy of my cousin Lili Velez. Her flower in her beautiful garden. Photo taken by Lili.

OCT.13) Pink Ocean Dolphin

Pink saltwater dolphin. Unlike the pink Amazon river dolphin, the pink ocean dolphin is not a species but a super rare anomaly. They are actually albinos that look more pink than white. Super rare and beautiful!

OCT.14) Pink Full Moon

Pink for today is the "Pink Full Moon". This actually does happen, many theories include: time of moonrise if at sunset, pollution and angle of the moon sun and earth depending on when and where you are viewing from earth
Photo by cazagee, on Flickr

OCT.15) Pink Deep Sea Brittle Star Fish

Pink picture for today is from our own "inner space" far below the ocean's surface sunlight cannot reach so the creatures way way way down there have their own light.
It is called bioluminescence. This is a type of starfish called a "deep sea brittle". Simply amazing what we have right here to explore and as challenging or more so than space travel. Truly undiscovered wonders we may never see. This animal lives as far down as we can go. There are caverns that make the Grand Canyon in the US seem like a mere pothole.

OCT. 16) Pink Elephant Hawk Moth

Today's pink is in honor of my Mother's birthday and her love of elephants that she illustrates and writes children's books about but, since I already posted a pink elephant, I found something really rare. Yesterday we were under the ocean today we are in the air.
Elephant hawk moth

OCT. 17) Pink Burning Bush

Pink fall foliage of "buring bush" we have them all over here in New England. Green and very round bushes without even trimming and in the fall they are spectacular!

OCT. 18) Pink Salt

Pink Salt. From the Himalayan Mountains in Nepal. This is a stone that is ground into salt. It is a form of halite which is natural earthsalt. Basically a rock that contains extra amounts of minerals including copper causing the pink hue. Once it is ground by the native people of Nepal it is traded as a commodity for food, clothes and other staples. It is supposed to be very healthy.

OCT. 19) Pink Sand

Pink Sand. The coral Pink Sand Dunes in Utah
In honor of Trevor's 8th birthday. He is the 7 year old Connecticut State BMX STATE CHAMPION. He rides on dirt but since I could not find pink dirt I found pink sand.

OCT. 20) Pink Diamond

It occurs naturally and naturally I need one. LOL
The Argyle Pink Jubilee: the largest rough pink diamond, weighing12.76 ct, unearthed in Australia, as of this day (Rio Tinto's photo).

OCT. 21) Pink Rattlesnake

Speckled Rattlesnake
These snakes live in the area around Arizona, USA. They range in color from yellow to grey to YES PINK!

OCT. 22) Pink Pigeon

 Endangered. In 1976 less than 20 in the wild. These birds are native to the subtropical regions of the Indian Ocean.

For more info go to: http://www.shoarns.com/PinkPigeon.html

OCT. 23) Pink Armadillo

Today's pink: Pink Armadillo Photo by Nick Baker

OCT. 24)Albino Cobra

 Almost all reptiles that present their most prominent markings in black normally will translate into pink if they are albinos. Basically what is black is pink.

OCT. 25) Albino Stingray

courtesy of
kellydurette.tumblr.com

OCT. 26) Pink Pumpkin Patch

Yes they are PINK!
Here is all the info they were grow for breast cancer awareness month:Brooklyn Park, MN (WIBX) – The Pink Pumpkin Patch Foundation is hoping to add a new color to the fall palette – pink.

The group is inspiring farmers to grow pink pumpkins for fall instead of the more traditional orange gourds. In addition to providing some interesting fall decor, the pink pumpkins open up even more fun Halloween decorating opportunities, all 

in an effort to raise awareness about breast cancer.
One farmer, Bert Bouwman of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota planted fifteen thousand “porcelain doll” seeds this past year and is now selling – and shipping them – around the country.
The organization says there are more than fifty farmers who are participating in the campaign this year. As part of their campaign promise each has pledged to donate twenty-five cents for each pumpkin sold to breast cancer research.

For more information contact the Pink Pumpkin Patch Foundation by clicking the link above, writing them via mail at: Post Office Box 670; Rocky Ford, Colorado 81067 or by calling: (952) 960.4667.

OCT. 27) Pink Lemons

 On the inside anyway

OCT. 28) Pink and coral Cornsnakes

These are bred on purpose for sale to pet owners. They are not poisonous.

OCT. 29) Pink Hippo

Not the most attractive animal in the world but they are among the MOST DEADLY to humans. The will kill. They are the most deadly threat to humans in Africa. More than any predator including the big cats and snakes.

Pink Hippos are just a case of the hippo drying out. When they sweat, they sweat PINK!

OCT. 30) Pink SNOW

This is real. It is called "watermelon snow" caused by an algae. It is supposed to smell like watermelon but I don't think anyone should eat it.

OCT. 31) Pink Rainbow

This extraordinary image captures the moment a bolt of lightning cracks beneath a rainbow as the setting sun turns the sky salmon pink in Kuala Lumpur. 

 This one is a picture of a sunset rainbow as well as the one below

This was taken by a photographer outside  her house. Her blog is 

http://moltocarina.net/blog

This is the last day of my journey into things that are pink in the natural world for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I wanted to leave it with something truly ethereal, beautiful, unusual, rare and uplifting. I did my research and made sure these are all real things that occur. Please support, give, be supportive of those suffering, throw parties for those cured, honor those who are lost and most of all check yourselves everyday for early detection.

We are all special and matter to the whole world! All in our own way. Everyone has a gift that makes all of us stronger, appreciate living and make living exciting and worth it! Take care.

Meow for Now,

Catraven =^..^=