Whale-Watchers Spot Two Rare White Orcas Off the Coast of Japan

A group of Japanese whale-watchers was able to spot two rare white orcas swimming off the coast of Hokkaido. It is one of the country’s northern-most islands, over the weekend. During a whale-watching tour on July 24 in the Kunashirskiy Strait, a 20-mile stretch of water between the northern islands of Hokkaido and Kunashir, they spotted.

It also helps to explain the scarring down the side of the younger animal – which is particularly visible as the scar tissue seems to have healed in a darker shade compared to the surrounding white skin. For a long time, it was believed that they are rare, that they were thought of as a myth. But scientists believe that at least five individuals are alive.