By BIN Team | 11:10 AM June 21, 2024
A Facebook post falsely claims that rare pink dolphin spotted in Pamilacan Island, Bohol.
FACT CHECK: Pink dolphins have been making waves on social media lately, leaving viewers in wonder. Now, a series of pictures have been doing the rounds on X (formerly known as Twitter), claiming that the rare aquatic mammal was spotted in Pamilacan Island in Bohol.
The pink dolphin was spotted off the coast in North Carolina in the United States of America.
A Facebook page called Outer Banks Vibes shared photos that claim to show a pink dolphin jumping in the air and another stranded on North Carolina’s Hatteras Beach.
There are dolphins in Pamilacan Island but no sightings of pink dolphin in the island.
While pink dolphins do exist, the photos claiming to show one in North Carolina are fake.
“We have not received any reports or verified photos of pink dolphins in North Carolina waters,” a spokesperson for the state’s Division of Marine Fisheries said.
Experts with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries Southeast Regional Office also confirmed to verify that the images are not real.
There are also several indicators that the viral photos have been altered or were created with artificial intelligence (AI).
In one post, the dolphin in the photos has skin that lacks texture and looks too smooth. We also zoomed in on the first two photos in the post and found that the word “cola” appears to be written near the dolphin’s blowhole.
