A famous white orca called 'Frosty' was seen this week by a whale-watching tour group off the coast of Newport Beach in California.
A group of seafaring tourists saw something unusual while whale-watching off the coast of Southern California this week. It was a white orca, or killer whale, that has become somewhat famous in environmentalist circles up and down the Pacific Coast over the last few years.The orca, a calf nicknamed 'Frosty' because of its unusually pale appearance, was seen most recently near Newport Beach.
Experts say Frosty is part of a transient population of orcas known as Bigg's killer whales, which depart from the behaviors of other orcas that are traditionally part of either 'resident' or offshore populations.Frosty's lack of the typical black-and-white coloring of most killer whales is 'extremely rare,' NOAA has said of orcas with a similar appearance.
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