VIDEO: Incredibly Rare White Humpback Whale Spotted Off Coast of Norway #MobyDickLives

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By Kelli Bender Nov 15th 2012

Moby Dick lives! According to the Daily Mail U.K., a maritime engineer spotted a white humpback whale swimming amongst a pod of regular-hued humpbacks in the waters off Norway.

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Dan Fisher said he was a on a boat trip when he noticed an unusual white shape surfacing. Fisher went to the mast of the boat to get a better a look, and he was surprised to find one of the underwater world’s rarest sights.

This pale whale likely has leucism, a disorder that affects the pigmentation of the skin. Fisher and the rest of the crew watched the friendly creature frolic with his pod before swimming off. It was a special moment for Dan Fisher, who said he had never seen anything like it in 10 years of work…
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