Scientist have sighted Rare albino killer whale who scientists feared may have died has been spotted for the first time in four years. The marine mammal, named Iceberg, had not been seen since Spring 2012.
Just
one in 10,000 killer whales - also known as orcas - are completely
white, and researchers were alarmed by Iceberg's long absence.
He
was pictured off the coast of Russia's Kuril Islands by American
researcher Erich Hoyt, from the Far East Russia Orca Project (FEROP.
And the scientist was keen to find out how the rare mammal was able to survice, Fox News reported.
Hoyt said: 'We want to find out a lot more about Iceberg.
'We would like to find out how he is able to survive as a white whale.'
Credit: Fox news
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