Off Rausu: white killer whale, first domestic confirmation-20 cases in the world, Hokkaido Univ group
【Rausu】: “Hokkaido killer whale research university association”
Research groups such as Hokkaido University conducting research on killer whales off Nemuro area Rausu-cho
On the 16th, the upper surface of the body found a white butcher killer whale.
According to the group, confirmation of white killer whale is the first in the country.
At around 1:20 pm on the 16th, about 30 km northeast of Rausu fishing port, on the ocean near the Japan-Russia intermediate line, the length is about 7 ~ among the killer whales swimming about 10 km from the ship about 4 km away Discover a white individual of 8 meters.
The picture was taken with a 500 mm telephoto lens.
It seems to be a mature male.