Type D Killer Whales (VIDEO)

University of California - San Diego

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In January 2019, an international team of scientists working off the tip of southern Chile got their first live look at what might be a new species of killer whale. Called Type D, the whales 'could be the largest undescribed animal left on the planet.'

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Type D Killer Whale Research Team 2019, taken under Chilean Sub-Secretary of Fisheries and Aquaculture Research Permit, Res. Ex. 1811 and Res. Ex 4402

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