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.

Having leucism might help to partially explain why the younger dolphin has visible scars – with the scar tissue containing more pigment than the rest of the skin, making the wounds hard to miss. White whales and orcas are becoming more common.