Raining Inside and Pink Dolphins

Its raining inside my house right now and every time I turn the A/C on.  Its not like I can live without it though - its a billion degrees outside.  I took pictures so everyone can understand my crisis and sympathise :-)

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And close up it looks like this:

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AND I FEEL LIKE THIS:

Well until we tell out landlord not much is going to change, but thats how it is as the moment. 

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Now for the dolphins!

My hubby and I went on this Hong Kong Dolphin Watch tour about two weeks ago.  It was amazing and fun (and hot out there on the boat). I learned all kinds of stuff about these dolphins, which are actually called Chinese White Dolphins.  They are only pink in the south pacific area, though they can be found in South Africa to China but they are grey/light grey most everywhere else.  Even dolphins further south than HK, like in Australia are grey/light grey. They are called white dolphins because they are all born a dark grey and lighten as they get older, but the ones in Hong Kong and southern China are special because they are pink!

There is no definitive answer as to why they are pink in Hong Kong, the theories are they don't have any natural predators here so they have lost the need to have pigment - or that over time because this area is so full of sediment they loose their pigment.  A third theory is that as they move around and exercise their blood moves to the surface of the skin to cool them, making them pink.  

The sad part is that although they are really special, they are loosing habitat with all the reclamation of land in Hong Kong.  Also this is one of the busiest harbours in the world and many die from boat strikes or fishing net disasters.  Another sad thing is that the dolphins in HK live about half the time of the dolphins everywhere else (20 years instead of 40 roughly), because of sewerage and chemical pollution and various other things. There is hope though there is a marine reserve off the coast of HK - though it isn't well regulated, but its something!

Anyway the awesome news I have is that I will be working for the Dolphin Watch! I am so excited.  I will be an assistant for a while and then be able to be the main guide.  I am very excited to be doing something that is worth while! (even if it is part-time).