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#Repost @orcaprojectoz Probable new species of Orca discovered! --- During our voyage researching Type D killer whales, we were lucky to spend time among a group of about 30 whales, which approached the vessel many times. When we towed the hydrophone behind the boat to record Type D calls, whales immediately came over to inspect it!!! . From wide-angle cameras mounted on the hydrophone, we obtained revealing underwater images as the curious whales showed details of their unique colour patterning and body shape. Here is this revealing footage of the inquisitive Type D Subantarctic killer whales! 💦 Genetic samples our team collected will help determine whether this animal, with its distinctly different colour pattern and body shape, is indeed new to science. 💦 “We are very excited about the genetic analyses to come. Type D killer whales could be the largest undescribed animal left on the planet and a clear indication of how little we know about life in our oceans,” said Bob Pitman, a researcher from NOAA Fisheries’ Southwest Fisheries Science Center in La Jolla, California. 💦 This Type D killer whale imagery captured serves as a reminder of how little we know about life in our oceans. In the next few months, the DNA samples should finally reveal just how different the Type D is from other killer whales. 💦 A huge thank you goes out to our collaborators & the incredible research team that made all this happen: Bob Pitman, NOAA; Lisa Ballance, NOAA and Scripps; Bec Wellard @becandthesea , Project ORCA; John Totterdell, CETREC WA Cetrec WA, Jared Towers @jtcoastal , Bay Cetology Jared Towers; Mariano Sironi, @icb.argentina Instituto de Conservacion de Ballenas, Ocean Expeditions @oceanexpeditions , and Cookson Adventures @cooksonadventures @its_me_henrycookson. And of course @kathmandugear for gearing up our scientists. . . #projectorca #orcatalkoz #orca #killerwhale #underwater #wildlifephotography #typed #subantarctic #antarctica https://www.instagram.com/p/CAWhVfOJr59/?igshid=1bjl1pfcik1cj

"The Enigmatic Type D" - 🔵@maestro320 's Notes: This beautiful post courtesy of our friends at Project ORCA @orcaprojectoz - During our voyage researching Type D killer whales, we were lucky to spend time among a group of about 30 whales, which approached the vessel many times. When we towed the hydrophone behind the boat to record Type D calls, whales immediately came over to inspect it!!! . From wide-angle cameras mounted on the hydrophone, we obtained revealing underwater images as the curious whales showed details of their unique colour patterning and body shape. Here is this revealing footage of the inquisitive Type D Subantarctic killer whales! 💦 Genetic samples our team collected will help determine whether this animal, with its distinctly different colour pattern and body shape, is indeed new to science. 💦 “We are very excited about the genetic analyses to come. Type D killer whales could be the largest undescribed animal left on the planet and a clear indication of how little we know about life in our oceans,” said Bob Pitman, a researcher from NOAA Fisheries’ Southwest Fisheries Science Center in La Jolla, California. 💦 This Type D killer whale imagery captured serves as a reminder of how little we know about life in our oceans. In the next few months, the DNA samples should finally reveal just how different the Type D is from other killer whales. 💦 A huge thank you goes out to our collaborators & the incredible research team that made all this happen: Bob Pitman, NOAA; Lisa Ballance, NOAA and Scripps; Bec Wellard @becwellard , Project ORCA @orcaprojectoz; John Totterdell, CETREC WA @CetrecWA , Jared Towers @jtcoastal , Bay Cetology Jared Towers; Mariano Sironi, @icb.argentina Instituto de Conservacion de Ballenas, Ocean Expeditions @oceanexpeditions , and Cookson Adventures @cooksonadventures @its_me_henrycookson. And of course @kathmandugear for gearing up our scientists. . . #projectorca #orcatalkoz #orca #killerwhale #underwater #wildlifephotography #typed #subantarctic #antarctica https://www.instagram.com/p/CAXQbYCAZLx/?igshid=121rg0jxkqir5

"The Enigmatic Type D" - 🔵@maestro320 's Notes: This beautiful post courtesy of our friends at Project ORCA @orcaprojectoz - During our voyage researching Type D killer whales, we were lucky to spend time among a group of about 30 whales, which approached the vessel many times. When we towed the hydrophone behind the boat to record Type D calls, whales immediately came over to inspect it!!! . From wide-angle cameras mounted on the hydrophone, we obtained revealing underwater images as the curious whales showed details of their unique colour patterning and body shape. Here is this revealing footage of the inquisitive Type D Subantarctic killer whales! 💦 Genetic samples our team collected will help determine whether this animal, with its distinctly different colour pattern and body shape, is indeed new to science. 💦 “We are very excited about the genetic analyses to come. Type D killer whales could be the largest undescribed animal left on the planet and a clear indication of how little we know about life in our oceans,” said Bob Pitman, a researcher from NOAA Fisheries’ Southwest Fisheries Science Center in La Jolla, California. 💦 This Type D killer whale imagery captured serves as a reminder of how little we know about life in our oceans. In the next few months, the DNA samples should finally reveal just how different the Type D is from other killer whales. 💦 A huge thank you goes out to our collaborators & the incredible research team that made all this happen: Bob Pitman, NOAA; Lisa Ballance, NOAA and Scripps; Bec Wellard @becwellard , Project ORCA @orcaprojectoz; John Totterdell, CETREC WA @CetrecWA , Jared Towers @jtcoastal , Bay Cetology Jared Towers; Mariano Sironi, @icb.argentina Instituto de Conservacion de Ballenas, Ocean Expeditions @oceanexpeditions , and Cookson Adventures @cooksonadventures @its_me_henrycookson. And of course @kathmandugear for gearing up our scientists. . . #projectorca #orcatalkoz #orca #killerwhale #underwater #wildlifephotography #typed #subantarctic #antarctica https://www.instagram.com/p/CAXQbYCAZLx/?igshid=1fadbcnsooxc

AWESOME PHOTO REPOST FROM @totalgratitude "Augie" 💙🐬🐼 #orcatalkoz @ningaloodiscovery #killerwhale #orca #ningaloo #exmouth #ecotourism #westernaustralia #australia #seapanda #bigboy #bigblue #hunter #killer