Hello,



It sounds like Patty put together a nice rattle of "sounds good on the News academic babel". 1. Pigment is not all that important under water (dolphins don't bask or sunbathe) and dolphin skin is loaded with epidermal lipids and collagen which aids in dermal health and regeneration- 2.They don't use sight all that much anyway(we've all heard of sonar...)be alot worse if it were deaf...

So the point is it is alot better equipped to survive in that environment than You or I even being albino. My albino snapper has lived in the sun for years with only the eyes showing any sensitivity at times. It digs down in the mud and all but the eyes get coated in the thick mud. We put shade over part of the pond and have never had a problem with the eyes since... Anyways, the animals figure out quickly what we sit around and brainstorm the possibilities of- which is why we can't talk about providing for our monitors, we have to act just to keep up. Best to you- Mike

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