In Australia, a rare white humpback whale nicknamed “Migaloo.” This is the third year that the whale has been seen on the Australian coast on the Green Cape in New South Wales.
"The helicopter crews are all out photographing him today. He's giving us all quite a parade this year," said Oskar Peterson, who tracks white whale sightings on his website, according to Newsmax.
The humpback whale is an albino. Migaloo is thought to be in his 20s. Few whales are seen in that region. Migaloo has been inhabiting the regions of Migaloo near Bondi Beach and Cronulla south of Sydney.
News of Migaloo quickly reached fans of the whale, according to UPI. Whale watchers were asked to be kept at a distance from the albino whale, so as not to interrupt the whale’s migratory patterns. Whale watchers have also followed Migaloo on Facebook. Fans of the whale have been posting pictures on Twitter, and re-tweeting.
Migaloo is one of only two white humpback whales in the world. It was thought that Migaloo was the only white humpback whale, but scientists were able to confirm a second white humpback whale that they named Migaloo Junior.
art of the reason spotting a white humpback is such a rare occurrence is because there are only two in the world. For more than two decades, scientists assumed Migaloo was one of a kind, but in 2011, whale watchers saw another all-white humpback. Experts tracking Migaloo's movements since 1991 were able to confirm that, indeed, it was not Migaloo himself.
Thus, the second white whale was dubbed Migaloo Junior.