Hello Andrea,
Over the past twenty years of watching cetaceans at sea, I have seen a number of lightly pigmented animals but none that were truly albinistic. I have seen blue whales that were ‘light blue’ like your photos show, in Baja, central California
Greg Meyer, M.A.
Outdoor Education and Recreation Program
Greg Meyer, M.A.
Outdoor Education and Recreation Program
From:
marmam-bounces@lists.uvic.ca [mailto:marmam-bounces@lists.uvic.ca] On Behalf Of Andrea Steffen
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008
12:01 AM
To: marmam@lists.uvic.ca
Subject: [MARMAM] Information
about a White Blue whale
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Please
post this message to all the List members.
Thank
you very much and kind regards
Andrea
Steffen
Dear
MARMAN Members,
in
July 2008 we discovered some blue whales off the Californian coast.
On
July , 15 we sighted a “white” blue whale around 10 miles southwest of
For
our studies we are looking now for the following information: are there already
sightings of white blue whales in this area?
is
this particular whale already known?
are
there already studies and/or investigations of white blue whales?
We
have provided some pictures of the whale under: www.pottwale.de/whitebluewhale.
Further
we are looking for information about hybrid whales
.
We
would appreciate any information to:
Andrea.Steffen@wale-delfine.de
Best
regards
Andrea
Steffen
Project
leader
Society
for Dolphin Conservation
Gesellschaft
zur Rettung der Delfine e.V.
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