Rare White Killer Whale Spotted Off Alaskan Coast

RARE SIGHTING: A 2-year-old white killer whale named Tl'uk, was spotted off the coast of Southeast Alaska on August 7 by a graduate student. Orcas, as killer whales are also called, are usually black and white. According to the student, there have only been about eight recorded sightings ever of a white killer whale.

Monday, August 24th 2020, 1:23 pm

By: CBS News


RARE SIGHTING: A 2-year-old white killer whale named Tl'uk, was spotted off the coast of Southeast Alaska on August 7 by a graduate student. Orcas, as killer whales are also called, are usually black and white. According to the student, there have only been about eight recorded sightings ever of a white killer whale.

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