Instead of having wild animal stories and pics all over CP, let's try to post them here.
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Migaloo, one of the only white humpback whales in the world who isn't albino, has been spotted for the first time this year off the coast of Australia.
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Even though Migaloo is all white, scientists are skeptical that he is albino because he doesn't have red or pink eyes—like other humpbacks, he has brown eyes. Instead, he's considered the more conservative "hypo-pigmented," describing a generic loss of skin color. It's also possible that Migaloo is leucistic.
I typically post stuff in the science thread or they end up in the funny cool thread.
Just figured a thread that focuses on wild life would be a good thing.
The Spirit Bears live on the coast and it's supposed to be an adaptation for salmon fishing. This bear is from Elkford just across the Alberta border so it isn't technically a spirit bear but just the result of a recessive gene.
From the article, it was rescued early September then quarantined for 30 days.
Have they kept it quarantined even longer?
Regardless, we typically go to the zoo once a month or more and have only seen the golden bear once. Maybe we got lucky once and happened to see it on a day when they were trying to introduce it to the rest of the black bears briefly?
Edit: Found a blurb on her introduction.
"Even though she arrived at the zoo during the August of 2013 she has not been on exhibit yet. This was due to the bear’s natural hibernation over winter. The zoo also took time to allow her to become familiar with her habitat."
Sounds like we must have luckily seen her during one of her early introductions to the habitat. Also explains why we haven't seen her since.
A report that scientists are calling one of the most comprehensive studies of great white sharks finds their numbers are surging in the ocean off the Eastern U.S. and Canada after decades of decline — bad news if you're a seal, but something experts say shouldn't instill fear in beachgoers this summer.
White shark abundance in the western North Atlantic declined by an estimated 73 per cent from the early 1960s to the 1980s, the report says. Shark abundance is now only 31 per cent down from its historical high estimate in 1961, the report states. The report does not provide a local estimate for the great white shark population, which some scientists say is between 3,000 and 5,000 animals.
Captain Dave Anderson recently took his DJI Phantom 2 for a spin off the coast of San Clemente, California and spotted something amazing. As the drone took flight, it captured the amazing sight of thousands of common dolphins stampeding towards the Pacific Ocean. And then came the humpback whales.
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