Photo of the Day
Pink river dolphin
September 1, 2009
Freshwater Dolphin, Amazon
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine
Imagined lords of a golden underwater city—the Encante—Amazon dolphins, or botos, may have been shielded from exploitation by their mythical status.
See more photographs from the June 2009 feature story "River Spirits."
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