New Type Of Killer Whale Found Swimming In Southern Ocean

A rare photo of “type D” killer whales off South Georgia island, located between South America and Antarctica, shows the whales’ blunt heads and tiny white eye patches. Courtesy of J.P. Sylvestre

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Courtesy of J.P. Sylvestre

A rare photo of “type D” killer whales off South Georgia island, located between South America and Antarctica, shows the whales’ blunt heads and tiny white eye patches. Then in 2005, Pitman met a French biologist at a science conference who showed him a photo of an odd-looking killer whale swimming in the southern Indian Ocean.

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