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Rare all-white dolphin seen on October 25, 2015
A rare, nearly all-white common dolphin was seen during Oceanic Society's Farallon Islands whale watching trip on Sunday, October 25, 2015. We were fortunate to have photojournalist and long-time Oceanic Society friend Jaymi Heimbuch (who will be leading our Southeast Alaska Cruise next July) on board to capture the image below. Salty Lady deckhand EJ Carlson also captured the following video of the white dolphin swimming amid its pod.The dolphin is thought to be nearly all-white in color due to leucism,…...read more
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