• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Team
  • Submit Content
  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Careers
  • Answer
  • Trends Worldwide

Hasan Jasim

Hasan Jasim is a place where you may get entertainment, viral videos, trending material, and breaking news. For a social generation, we are the largest community on the planet.

Ad example

White Orcas, Which Are Extremely Rare, Have Been Spotted in Russian Waters

by Hasan

ShareTweet

Orcas, sometimes known as “killer whales,” are generally black and white in appearance, but many white orcas have been observed in the waters around Russia’s Kuril Islands in the last six years or so. Now, the lone white adult orca sighted so far, called “Iceberg,” has been spotted again in the same area, together with at least four additional younger orcas.

The 22-year-old whale is part of a small group of extremely uncommon white orcas. Only one out of every 10,000 killer whales is totally white, and researchers on the opposite side of the planet in Antarctic seas — a hotspot for orca pods – may never see one in the wide Southern Ocean. Fortunately, keen observers have been following the Northern Hemisphere’s white pod for quite some time.

Worse, it may indicate that this pod is becoming dangerously inbred. According to Erich Hoyt, a member of the Far East Russia Orca Project (FEROP) and a member of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) specialist cetacean group, “having five – or up to eight – in one area of the Russian north-western Pacific, is an indication that there may well be inbreeding issues there.”

Although it’s unclear why they’re inbreeding and keeping their white hue, human activities might be to blame. “If a few females are caught for aquariums or killed for other reasons, you may really put the breeding unit in peril,” Hoyt warned, implying that the pod may be forced to inbreed in order to live.

Chediak-Higashi syndrome, a genetic condition that produces albinism as well as an increased sensitivity to respiratory infections and nervous system problems, is one possible reason of the white tint. This condition was discovered in a captive white orca named Chimo, who died at the age of four.

Iceberg with a regular orca. FEROP via Facebook
Facebook Comments Box

Filed Under: Trends Worldwide Tagged With: been, extremely, have, orcas,, rare, russian, SPOTTED, trends, waters, which, white, worldwide

Primary Sidebar

More to See

Clusters of Mariko Kusumoto’s Transparent Textile Sculptures Remind Me of the Ocean Floor

By Hasan

The year 2021 brought record sightings and a large number of newborn whale calves to the waters of Greater Victoria

By Hasan

Natural Rock Formation Reminds Us of an Elephant Drinking from the Sea

By Hasan

In a Daring Rescue, A Baby Elephant was Rescued From a Manhole in Thailand

By Hasan

“Extinct” Giant Galapagos Tortoise Discovered Chilling Alone On Remote Volcanic Island

By Hasan

The amount of packaging for one tiny pill off Claritin

By Hasan

Viewers are invited to go inside a suspended crocheted spiral in this immersive installation

By Hasan

Footer

Hasan Jasim

We share the most heartwarming, uplifting and important stories, so that you can share them with your friends and family.

Recent

  • Drowning dog hangs desperately and hopes to be saved –now watch when she sees her rescuer
  • 16 Maps Of Tokyo That’ll Make Your City Seem Insignificant
  • Mysterious Perfectly Spherical Cloud Captured in Japan

Search

Copyright © 2023 · Magazine Pro on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in