April 24, 2012
Scientists studying Orcas in the seas off eastern Russia have spotted an all-white killer whale, and have named him "Iceberg."
Baby white orcas have been spotted in the past, including in Iceberg’s pod, but no one has ever seen one that grew to adulthood. Iceberg was photographed while he was swimming with 12 members of his pod off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula.
"In many ways, Iceberg is a symbol of all that is pure, wild and extraordinarily exciting about what is out there in the ocean waiting to be discovered," said Erich Hoyt, co-director of the Far East Russia Orca Project. "The challenge is to keep the ocean healthy so that such surprises are always possible."
Photo: E. Lazareva/FEROP via AFP
Posted by: Seymour Simon
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