smithsonianmag: Rare White Killer Whale Photographed UPDATE: The original photo has been replaced with a more recent photo of a white orca. Originally observed in August 2010 near the Commander Islands in the North Pacific, researchers decided to wait until the animal had been studied further before releasing photographs. Photo: E. Lazareva / Newscom Ed note: Almost as rare as a white killer whale is the mysterious narwhal. Our article on the “unicorn of the sea.”

smithsonianmag:

Rare White Killer Whale Photographed

UPDATE: The original photo has been replaced with a more recent photo of a white orca.

Originally observed in August 2010 near the Commander Islands in the North Pacific, researchers decided to wait until the animal had been studied further before releasing photographs.

Photo: E. Lazareva / Newscom

Ed note: Almost as rare as a white killer whale is the mysterious narwhal. Our article on the “unicorn of the sea.”

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