Rare White Killer Whale Spotted
I saw a video about this online, then I found this article:
"Anchorage, Alaska, March 7, 2008 A white killer whale was recently spotted in Alaska's Aleutian Islands, sending researchers and their ship's crew scrambling for cameras." http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news
What an amazing creature!
Apparently not actually an albino whale, says biologist John Durban. But still very rare.
"A mythical creature" according to La Repubblica, the Italian National Newspaper.
"There have only been two other verified sitings of these rare examples of marine mammals, not however supported by photographs: in 1993 in the Berings Sea around St Lawrence Island and in 2001 near to Adak also in the archipelago of the Aleutian islands.
The Killer Whale (Orca) photographed february 23 was found in a group along with 12 others Orcas." La Repubblica. http://tv.repubblica.it/home_page.php?playmode=player&cont_id=18172
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Posted by Wildlife Sketches at Tuesday, March 11. 2008 
Categories: News articles
Tags: Amazing Creatures
Categories: News articles
Tags: Amazing Creatures
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