The nature do not stop surprising. This time around Alaska, An incredibly rare white killer whale has been sighted, believed to be one of only ten left in the world. The cetacean had already been sighted off the west coast of Canada and in Washington state, but never in Alaska.
The young orca was called Tl’uk in honor of the color of their skin. The word means “moon” in the language of the area’s original inhabitants: the Coast Salish tribes. The orca swam along with two other adults between a series of islands that are located to the west of the North American state.
A group of whale watchers aboard the Northern Song of Alaska Sea Adventures he saw the white color of Tl’uk from above the surface. Fortunately, Stéphanie Hayes, a marine biologist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, caught the unusual scene on her camera.
“I saw a glow under the water and realized it was a white whale. We were all in awe, our mouths open. It was amazing,” Hayes said.
According to local media, the owner of the tourism agency, Dennis Rogers, assured that the white color of the skin allows spot them better even under water: “When killer whales dive, they disappear and are usually very difficult to follow. Instead, in this case, we could see it up to more than three meters deep.”
It is considered that this type of animal does not qualify for the albino concept because its skin is not completely white nor does it have pink eyes. Is about a very rare case in fact, experts assure that today there are about ten living white killer whales in the world.
Nature surprises us every day
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