NOAA Fisheries and an international team of scientists encountered what they thought was a unique a pod of orcas off the Southern tip of Chile. Now they are waiting on laboratory confirmation that the genetic samples they collected prove this is a rare find, indeed. It is a story that could solve a decades old mystery.
The footage from an expedition off Cape Horn, Chile, documented a new type of killer whale with different appearance.
Researchers obtained a tiny bit of tissue/blubber that will allow them to determine if the “Type D” whales are a new species.
