when I saw this was, Photoshop!
well we all know killer whales are black and white, but I was wrong, it really is a white killer whale,
swimming next to the more well know normal coloured whale, this one recently appeared in the north-western Pacific Ocean near
Russia’s Kuril Islands, and these ones have skin that’s entirely white, one
such creature was first spotted in the area around six years ago and dubbed
Iceberg for its colouring, now, its Russian pod has expanded to include at least four
more (and potentially up to eight total) pearly-pigmented orcas, a surprising
shift, since only one in 10,000 killer whales are albinos, and there lies the
problem, it may mean with an expanding number of pearly-pigmented orcas there
could be a fundamental flaw in the breeding stock taking place in that due to
lack of alternatives the whales are inbreeding, the strange thing is in nature white or albinos are often wiped out, as they lack the natural camouflage of their brothers and sister, but who is going to take on a killer because it stands out?
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