Rare white orca spotted in Puget Sound

White whales are so rare that only a handful have been documented worldwide.

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  • @achikiman
    @achikiman Жыл бұрын

    Beautiful. I’ve loved orcas my whole life, if I saw one in the wild I think I’d cry

  • @Kayluv101

    @Kayluv101

    Жыл бұрын

    Me too I’m from Alaska and I use to go out on my boat and watch whales for hours they’d come right up to the boat one of the best life experiences ever..

  • @paigepeterson5345

    @paigepeterson5345

    Жыл бұрын

    Me too cry tears of joy!

  • @turnturn12

    @turnturn12

    2 ай бұрын

    I would absolutely cry ❤

  • @MrHarveyrex23
    @MrHarveyrex234 жыл бұрын

    I feel happy for the kids having to experience such an incredible moment they'll never forget.

  • @briancunningham1927

    @briancunningham1927

    Жыл бұрын

    And absolutely free 👌🏻

  • @ellipses1212
    @ellipses12124 жыл бұрын

    I would give anything to see them in person.

  • @Tricky181

    @Tricky181

    4 жыл бұрын

    Go to loro parque or sea world its easy to see them in person there. Brilliant experience to see em awe inspiring

  • @Tarathathe77wookiee

    @Tarathathe77wookiee

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Tricky181 Yeah.. RIGHT Miserable slaves, captives for entertainment. Literally DYING so people who couldn't be bothered getting on a boat and searching can have instant gratification. Don't like what I'm saying? Then thank you for volunteering to go spend the rest of you life in a tiny room, performing tricks for disgusting food and being bored out of you skull the rest of the time. Oh, and good luck trying to escape when your fellow inmates keep beating you up out of sheer frustration.

  • @Tricky181

    @Tricky181

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Tarathathe77wookiee hey "save the world" the lady asked she'd love to see these in person. You can go to loads of parks to see them. I've spent an absolute fortune paying at the gates of these parks and seeing them. It's incredible and I hope it carrys on

  • @Tarathathe77wookiee

    @Tarathathe77wookiee

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Tricky181 Oh Geez! Mr freaking Richy rich spending a fortunate and that makes it all okay doesn't it? BS BOY!! Do you really know what goes on with Orca behind closed doors? Do you even care how much they suffer? Grow a pair and do your research. Watch Black Fish, Watch Videos by Doctor Ingrd Visser. Learn the TRUTH!! Or is it you can't handle the truth?. How about spending your dosh by going out and seeing WILD ORCA. You will see happy creatures and not a single bent dorsal fin in sight!! People like you make me sick as people like YOU are the reason why Animals born to roam the seas are stuck in bath tubs. Disgusting.

  • @Tricky181

    @Tricky181

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Tarathathe77wookiee I've watched all the documentarys Blackfish, Long Gone wild etc, and all it made me want is to jump on a plane and go back to seaworld or loro parque. These animals are born to perform. Get ya head out the sand ya muppet

  • @Sydney12997
    @Sydney12997 Жыл бұрын

    Orcas are such beautiful mammals ❤

  • @InVinoVeratas
    @InVinoVeratas3 жыл бұрын

    The pod is probably more comfortable moving around, with less boat traffic to deal with.

  • @susieg4624

    @susieg4624

    Жыл бұрын

    Like the dolphins swimming around the Venice canals and lagoon during Covid. Amazing how quickly Nature bounced back for that short while!

  • @islandbirdw
    @islandbirdw4 жыл бұрын

    It’s a sign according to the native peoples. We could use a break in all this bad news

  • @ucantbbsithis

    @ucantbbsithis

    4 жыл бұрын

    What do they say is the meaning behind it?

  • @ucantbbsithis

    @ucantbbsithis

    4 жыл бұрын

    @frank rizzo is this truly what they say it means? I mean I believe it without a white wale with everything that's going on right now, but I've only heard of other white animals like wolf, bear, man, etc.

  • @salan3507

    @salan3507

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ucantbbsithis Some tribes historically believe that the orca is a protector of mankind. In the Pacific NW you'll see many orca totems.

  • @hiitsvee

    @hiitsvee

    3 жыл бұрын

    It’s a sign that all animals can and would surely thrive if we weren’t around.

  • @rickyismyuncle4485

    @rickyismyuncle4485

    3 жыл бұрын

    Well Fran rizzo post got deleted, so anyone else wanna clarify the sign in detail? Just curious

  • @milagigante219
    @milagigante2193 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful, I hope nobody gets any ideas of hunting him down because of his rare color.

  • @leentalavera6234

    @leentalavera6234

    3 жыл бұрын

    even worse keepin him captive and he or she suffers and die in the end

  • @CleverClover2023

    @CleverClover2023

    3 жыл бұрын

    Killing and capturing cetaceans in banned in most of the world. T'luk and his family are federally protected so he is safe.

  • @johhnybravo3187

    @johhnybravo3187

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@CleverClover2023 tell that to japan 🙈🙈🙈

  • @F1xps

    @F1xps

    3 жыл бұрын

    Certain animals like the albino killer whale have certain protection they are most likely tagged which makes them illegal to be hunted and tags are tracked so if it is killed or taken they can find the person and punish them

  • @musicbox6144

    @musicbox6144

    3 жыл бұрын

    Come on what year do you think it is ? 😂 who hunts whales these days ? What we can do since it’s rare, we can follow it ,capture it and just to put it an aquarium . If it dies we can just build a spot for him in a museum:)

  • @kikia6611
    @kikia66114 жыл бұрын

    What a great sighting. Beautiful orca and the name fits.

  • @terrancecharles8107
    @terrancecharles81073 жыл бұрын

    I love to see all animals in their natural Habitat..Not in cage or a tank . Such Beatiful specimen .

  • @ulisesmarvels
    @ulisesmarvels4 жыл бұрын

    Its so cool he has been missing for 3 years and finally came back

  • @CleverClover2023

    @CleverClover2023

    4 жыл бұрын

    Youre thinking of the russian white orca Iceberg. This is a different white orca.

  • @ulisesmarvels

    @ulisesmarvels

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@CleverClover2023 oooh You know a lot 😄

  • @therealtamiec

    @therealtamiec

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@CleverClover2023 yeah, Iceberg is like 18

  • @charmedfan8571

    @charmedfan8571

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ulisesmarvels hey didnt expect to see u here

  • @ulisesmarvels

    @ulisesmarvels

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@charmedfan8571 hello

  • @wishingimgoodatdrums5498
    @wishingimgoodatdrums54983 жыл бұрын

    Fun fact: Did you know that Orca’s are actually dolphins? From what I can remember a group of men on a boat saw black and white dolphins (orcas) killing whales so they called them Whale Killers and at some point we switched the words around and now we call them Killer Whales

  • @ciroheadbanger2008

    @ciroheadbanger2008

    3 жыл бұрын

    oh and oh

  • @fluffymacaw933

    @fluffymacaw933

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes

  • @taniaberg1680

    @taniaberg1680

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yep they are actually a big dolphins and they love to play and never hurt people except for zoo.

  • @figgyswift8754

    @figgyswift8754

    3 жыл бұрын

    I mean dolphins belong to the toothed whale family, so it wouldn't be a lie to say that orcas are whales

  • @vain.6672

    @vain.6672

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@taniaberg1680 what dolphins and orcas are the bullies of the sea

  • @j_f82
    @j_f823 жыл бұрын

    Man this world is amazing

  • @TheLiveOutLoudFamily
    @TheLiveOutLoudFamily2 жыл бұрын

    Wow! What a magical experience to see that!

  • @lindapeterson8717
    @lindapeterson87173 жыл бұрын

    How Beautiful! 🐬☘

  • @Jeni-ow1kl
    @Jeni-ow1kl Жыл бұрын

    THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS WITH US!!

  • @frostbitetheannunakiiceind6574
    @frostbitetheannunakiiceind65744 жыл бұрын

    ICEBERG IS ALIVE!! HESS ALIVE :D

  • @peppermintpatty3800

    @peppermintpatty3800

    3 жыл бұрын

    That isn't him. He is a 2 year old named something like Tanuk it means bright moon. But this up in Pudget Sound and Iceberg I believe stays in like Russian waters. (Sorry I know my spelling may be off I'm really tired).

  • @CleverClover2023

    @CleverClover2023

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@peppermintpatty3800 Its T'luk which means 'moon'.

  • @frostbitetheannunakiiceind6574

    @frostbitetheannunakiiceind6574

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@peppermintpatty3800 Is Iceberg dead?

  • @cathy2332

    @cathy2332

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@frostbitetheannunakiiceind6574 most likely yes

  • @kylealexander7024
    @kylealexander70244 жыл бұрын

    Awww. This reminds me of my all black kitty. Looks weird but is such a sweety

  • @haleytaily8523
    @haleytaily85233 жыл бұрын

    Its nice to see that colour doesnt matter! Such a beautiful thing. Maybe the humanity can start to learn from the animal kingdom!

  • @SunnyvaleTrailerParkSupervisor

    @SunnyvaleTrailerParkSupervisor

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ha good one

  • @bari2883

    @bari2883

    3 жыл бұрын

    But wouldn't it suck if orcss don't see colour like many mammals.

  • @josuealopez3167

    @josuealopez3167

    3 жыл бұрын

    Literally that's why im ashamed being a human but i still have hope bcuz there's still ppl fighting for equality

  • @cesarrobledo2583

    @cesarrobledo2583

    3 жыл бұрын

    Clownfish do that all the time, you look different they WILL mess you up

  • @noksukow584

    @noksukow584

    3 жыл бұрын

    If it ain't white it ain't right

  • @susanurban5920
    @susanurban59203 жыл бұрын

    It’s beautiful. Wow!

  • @debbiecooper1677
    @debbiecooper16774 жыл бұрын

    Wow what a wonderful sight they seen

  • @stevegarcia1796
    @stevegarcia17963 жыл бұрын

    Well sir this was a Gift a Blessing, to Share through you to the Whole World Thank you ☝

  • @retropokemon515
    @retropokemon5153 жыл бұрын

    It’s a shiny killer whale!!!

  • @roberthudson1959
    @roberthudson19593 жыл бұрын

    Iceberg is an adult male who was first spotted in 2012. The Orca Network expert shown in the video identifies this orca as a juvenile male born in 2018.

  • @CleverClover2023

    @CleverClover2023

    3 жыл бұрын

    Iceberg is a Russian transient and T'luk is a PNW transient. They are different unrelated whales.

  • @richardoconnor1412
    @richardoconnor14124 жыл бұрын

    Well, call me Ishmael. It's all in the detail.

  • @vinsennarendra7901
    @vinsennarendra79013 жыл бұрын

    Blue eyes white orca? Kaiba: i'll make it mine

  • @tymo9288
    @tymo92884 жыл бұрын

    Stunning!

  • @ccsg1313
    @ccsg13134 жыл бұрын

    Pretty! ⭐🐬❤

  • @justinpatrickrances1994
    @justinpatrickrances19943 жыл бұрын

    Yoo that thing is so rare and beatiful whoa!😯

  • @Adrian890722
    @Adrian8907223 жыл бұрын

    *a rare Pokémon has appeared*

  • @tabbycat6458
    @tabbycat6458 Жыл бұрын

    Frosty is gorgeous.❤ People have to be careful about standing so close to orcas. They can snatch you up and drag you to the bottom and you will drown. To them its just playing. You really have to be careful.

  • @immortal4188
    @immortal41883 жыл бұрын

    This whale was spotted about 3 years ago and now its back

  • @hector5522
    @hector55223 жыл бұрын

    It’s beautiful

  • @Gameplayhq
    @Gameplayhq3 жыл бұрын

    I love orcas 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

  • @Raixor
    @Raixor4 жыл бұрын

    Just wow

  • @salt_liqueur
    @salt_liqueur3 жыл бұрын

    I hope we see Tl'uk again this year!

  • @zacharylucisbecker2352
    @zacharylucisbecker23524 жыл бұрын

    Cute little fella

  • @movingchannels2203
    @movingchannels22033 жыл бұрын

    Orcas can literally harass a shark and people would dismiss it as “They’re just playing around!”

  • @susieg4624

    @susieg4624

    Жыл бұрын

    @movingchannels2203 Actually orcas have started killing great white sharks but only eating their livers. Nobody knows why.

  • @amitalati5741
    @amitalati57413 жыл бұрын

    Wow So Cool !!

  • @harlendevraak1202
    @harlendevraak12023 ай бұрын

    I bet the whole pod is tracking the Beluga who knocked up an Orca.

  • @agrilledcheese813
    @agrilledcheese8133 жыл бұрын

    It’d actually be ineffective for hunting from beneath prey.

  • @cyboinc3583
    @cyboinc35833 жыл бұрын

    Real life Shiny Pokemon

  • @mattebertmusic8135
    @mattebertmusic81353 жыл бұрын

    thats EXTREMELY kool

  • @Brancaalice
    @Brancaalice3 жыл бұрын

    She is rare diamond.

  • @CleverClover2023

    @CleverClover2023

    3 жыл бұрын

    T'luk is a male.

  • @stephaniepotterart
    @stephaniepotterart3 жыл бұрын

    It looks like 2 are white. When the camera/drone is focused on the large one there’s a smaller white whale off to the right. I wish they were both covered.

  • @CleverClover2023

    @CleverClover2023

    3 жыл бұрын

    Tl'uk is the only white/gray killer whale in this pod. The other 'white' one you saw was simply an adult whale swimming with its side more towards the surface. .

  • @sepnyte9422
    @sepnyte94223 жыл бұрын

    Howard Garret, a true hero of the SRKW.

  • @professor_kaosdrama3993
    @professor_kaosdrama39933 жыл бұрын

    I had a pod of whales swimming next to my Kayak off Galiano on field trip with the school once

  • @DFWRF
    @DFWRF2 жыл бұрын

    White orca: IM SO RARE Orca: Black lives matter!

  • @jnd3774
    @jnd37743 жыл бұрын

    When the printer is low on ink

  • @NickyLKing
    @NickyLKing3 жыл бұрын

    That's Awesome 💓

  • @Fardonya
    @Fardonya4 жыл бұрын

    WOOHOO

  • @niellopez8808
    @niellopez88083 жыл бұрын

    Wow nice to see this

  • @TrestanSKYWALKR
    @TrestanSKYWALKR3 жыл бұрын

    I bet he messes up all the hunts. You can see it coming from a mile away!

  • @staceyjones795
    @staceyjones7953 жыл бұрын

    I would love to see.❤❤❤

  • @Lex-by5jz
    @Lex-by5jz3 жыл бұрын

    that's awesome, NOW if everyone could just LEAVE IT ALONE and NEVER bother it PLEASE and thank you

  • @Ghouse666

    @Ghouse666

    2 жыл бұрын

    stop virtue signaling with your pretentious crap.

  • @Electricboogaloo50
    @Electricboogaloo503 жыл бұрын

    A shiny orca!

  • @PeyPeySupreme
    @PeyPeySupreme3 жыл бұрын

    I actually got this in the newspaper a while ago. I live on the west coast of Washington and I was amazed.

  • @hensenchoi8165
    @hensenchoi81654 жыл бұрын

    Shiny orca

  • @NickellessCageless
    @NickellessCageless Жыл бұрын

    Pale whale, feet within their feet ohhhh

  • @BreakHarpe
    @BreakHarpe3 жыл бұрын

    Wow

  • @loracobb1703
    @loracobb17034 жыл бұрын

    They having fun this dont stop the bad love whales

  • @proteaoaxaca5204
    @proteaoaxaca5204 Жыл бұрын

    ❤❤❤

  • @bari2883
    @bari28833 жыл бұрын

    One thing ive noticed with white orcas is they seem to always travel on the edge of their pod. Or is it that people get videos when they are in that position.

  • @CleverClover2023

    @CleverClover2023

    3 жыл бұрын

    Its just the position he was traveling in when the video was taken.

  • @bari2883

    @bari2883

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@CleverClover2023 yes but ive seen other videos of white orcas in other countries and they too are on the outside.

  • @CleverClover2023

    @CleverClover2023

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@bari2883 Its probably just coincidence that they are photographed that way. T'luk has been photographed and videoed swimming in other postions.

  • @claudettes9697
    @claudettes96974 жыл бұрын

    I’m too superstitious for this.

  • @hollohuman1256
    @hollohuman12563 жыл бұрын

    this makes me wonder where Iceberg is.

  • @susieg4624

    @susieg4624

    Жыл бұрын

    Russia

  • @MylaCruz11
    @MylaCruz114 жыл бұрын

    What kind of drone was used?

  • @tortols1548
    @tortols15483 жыл бұрын

    I would murder just to see this in person

  • @seventeencarat7148
    @seventeencarat71483 жыл бұрын

    Ain't that same as my dp. So cool.♥️🥺

  • @dopeboyz8284
    @dopeboyz82849 ай бұрын

    His name is Frosty btw

  • @farwest9218
    @farwest92182 жыл бұрын

    Okay footage... can we keep noisey drones away from them though please?

  • @steven1739
    @steven17393 жыл бұрын

    Wow this is one animal I can say I've actually seen two summers ago leaving the ferry terminal in twassen Bay out to do a job on the island a pod of killer whales appeared and this one was with them quite a spectacular sight

  • @susieg4624

    @susieg4624

    Жыл бұрын

    And now you have disclosed where to look for it it will be shot by a trophy-hunting b******. Every time people post rare animals etc some brat with a gun kills them. You've just made it easier for them to find it.

  • @laurabouyea4026
    @laurabouyea40263 жыл бұрын

    Wow dis is cool

  • @BJRoes
    @BJRoes Жыл бұрын

    Captain Ahab: Split your lungs with blood and thunder When you see the white whale Break your backs and crack your oars men If you wish to prevail This ivory leg is what propels me Harpoons thrust in the sky Aim directly for his crooked brow And look him straight in the eye

  • @marimiles5188
    @marimiles51884 жыл бұрын

    I had to watch this for school😑

  • @slider903
    @slider903 Жыл бұрын

    Iceberg is back.

  • @Sweetfang222
    @Sweetfang2223 жыл бұрын

    Holy spirit of God I never see a white Rara orca

  • @patricknguyen4848
    @patricknguyen48483 жыл бұрын

    shiny pokemon

  • @climixz9578
    @climixz95783 жыл бұрын

    I feel like people will try to catch that whale wich fingers crossed dosen’t happend. Like everyone wants to see it and wants to admire it’s beauty. Hopefully that never happens.

  • @jr5389
    @jr53893 жыл бұрын

    👍👍👍👍👍👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @ulisesmarvels
    @ulisesmarvels4 жыл бұрын

    We need to name this Orca and something original not like... -Snowy -Snow White (its a boy) -Snowflake And so on

  • @CleverClover2023

    @CleverClover2023

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hes already been named T'luk which means 'Moon" in the coastal salish language. Hes from the transient family of killer whales known as T46B.

  • @ulisesmarvels

    @ulisesmarvels

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@CleverClover2023 Thx I did not know that. That is also a nice name

  • @sansgreen6502

    @sansgreen6502

    4 жыл бұрын

    All documented orcas have names:) along with an identification number

  • @bari2883

    @bari2883

    3 жыл бұрын

    His name is

  • @ulisesmarvels

    @ulisesmarvels

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@sansgreen6502 okie dokie 🙂

  • @ben737D
    @ben737D3 жыл бұрын

    I bet SeaWorld is probably gonna capture that whale and force it to do tricks

  • @CleverClover2023

    @CleverClover2023

    2 жыл бұрын

    SeaWorld is thankfully banned from capturing cetaceans. T'luk is federally protected.

  • @SmallDragon7804

    @SmallDragon7804

    2 жыл бұрын

    I have two words for you. Shut up.

  • @KamDaOrcuh
    @KamDaOrcuh4 жыл бұрын

    Pog

  • @user-yy9kn8pt5f
    @user-yy9kn8pt5f3 жыл бұрын

    Quick say YO WASSUP

  • @angelovergara7171
    @angelovergara71713 жыл бұрын

    It's one of those MC with an eyecatching beautiful and innocent girlfriend

  • @dwalker8645
    @dwalker86453 жыл бұрын

    surprised the new babies can survive the puget sound, west point sewage treatment facility is always spilling millions of gallons in the sound, seems kinda fishy to have the ease to spill so frequently

  • @kylebelafonte3722
    @kylebelafonte37223 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant to see, but errrr, there were no whales in this video

  • @tomtiernan8134
    @tomtiernan81343 жыл бұрын

    If you’re not going to try to blend in, you can’t be part of the pod.

  • @ghostyyguts555
    @ghostyyguts5554 жыл бұрын

    :)

  • @justsomeguywithasurprisede4059
    @justsomeguywithasurprisede40594 жыл бұрын

    White killer whale's/orca's are beautiful

  • @satoukazuma168
    @satoukazuma1683 жыл бұрын

    Am I the only one disappointed they didn't show a close-up shot

  • @jjw8306
    @jjw83063 жыл бұрын

    Moby Rick

  • @laraking804
    @laraking8043 жыл бұрын

    This is how you observe whales and not in captivity is some awful Aquarium.

  • @tuanz8009
    @tuanz80093 жыл бұрын

    That’s an albino Orca

  • @andreastuart2402
    @andreastuart24022 жыл бұрын

    There's 2 there's a baby one too

  • @susieg4624
    @susieg4624 Жыл бұрын

    @movingchannels2203 Actually orcas have started killing great white sharks but only eating their livers. Nobody knows why.

  • @larryflint4333
    @larryflint43333 жыл бұрын

    is this the momma and her babies that richard russel talked about ?

  • @oslolgamer1291
    @oslolgamer12914 жыл бұрын

    It's a shiny orca

  • @Toasteeei
    @Toasteeei3 жыл бұрын

    The English caption is drunk and having a seizure

  • @alejandrollerena572
    @alejandrollerena5723 жыл бұрын

    It’s Shiny XD

  • @Official_Zim
    @Official_Zim3 жыл бұрын

    Crazy to think there able to easily hop out the water And eat tt out of the kids on the doc like some jaws video game if they wanted tp

  • @BreakHarpe

    @BreakHarpe

    3 жыл бұрын

    Like the Maneater shark game that came out a few months ago. I love that game though

  • @zacksaulness
    @zacksaulness3 жыл бұрын

    I missed this?