File:White Killer Whale 2008-02-23 001.jpg
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English: This white killer whale (Orcinus orca) was spotted with its pod about two miles off Kanaga Volcano, part of Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, on February 23, 2008. At the time, Kodiak-based Oscar Dyson was on a research expedition for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Alaska Fisheries Science Center, assessing pollock fish stocks near Steller sea lion haulout sites.
This white whale is a fish-eating type of killer whale, as were all the killer whales photographed on the expedition. Fish-eating killer whales are the most frequently seen whales around the Aleutian Islands during the summer. The winter sightings represent important evidence that they may be common year-round. |
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| Source | http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/images/whiteorca1.jpg |
| Author | Holly Fearnbach / NOAA |
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H. Fearnbach, NMML, NMFS permit 782-1719 |
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| current | 09:30, 23 March 2015 | | 2,179 × 1,460 (2.76 MB) | commons>Kaiketsu | User created page with UploadWizard |
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