White Killer Whale Spotted Off Alaska

March 7th, 2008 in Biology /
White Killer Whale Spotted Off Alaska (AP)

In this photo provided by the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration a rare white killer whale was spotted by federal scientists Feb. 23, 2008, about 2 miles off Kanaga Volcano in Alaska's Aleutian Islands. (AP Photo/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Holly Fearnbach)

(AP) -- The white killer whale spotted in Alaska's Aleutian Islands sent researchers and the ship's crew scrambling for their cameras. The nearly mythic creature was real after all.

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