There are worries that the rare wʜɪᴛe whale that washed up on Aᴜsᴛʀᴀʟɪᴀ beach is the famous humpback Migaloo, who was initially seen off Byron Bay in 1991 and later rose to fame.
At Mallacoota, in eastern Victoria, Aᴜsᴛʀᴀʟɪᴀ, on a beach that is only reachable by water, a ᴅᴇᴀᴅ wʜɪᴛe whale was found.
Peter Coles, a local, was kayaking across to observe the ᴅᴇᴀᴅ creature while he was out fishing. Even though it was ᴅᴇᴀᴅ, he told Sky News: It was gorgeous. It was quite amazing. It had a beautiful wʜɪᴛe, marble-like appearance. It nearly didn’t look real, it looked like a sculpture. It was 10 meters long when he measured it. He didn’t touch it, it had a slight odor.
The humpback photographer, Mr. Coles said that he felt sad for the poor creature, not thinking it might be Migaloo. He claimed that he didn’t learn about the ᴇɴᴅᴀɴɢᴇʀed albino whale until much later. When the topic was brought up, he realized that might be soᴍᴇᴛʜing rather unique if it was the wʜɪᴛe whale.
The only known all-wʜɪᴛe humpback whale in the world, Migaloo – whose name means “Wʜɪᴛe Fellow” in Aboriginal – went ᴍɪssɪɴɢ two years ago after losing his tracking device.
Dr. Vanessa Pirotta, a wildlife scientist says that this is a picture of the wʜɪᴛe whale that washed ashore in Aᴜsᴛʀᴀʟɪᴀ. To identify this animal, scientists are currently working.This may or may not be Migaloo. Nothing is definite yet.