14 DAY TRIAL // A few days ago, a North Pacific right whale was seen swimming in the waters off Victoria, Canada.
The whale was first seen on October 26 by John Ford with Fisheries and Oceans Canada's Cetacean Research Program.
It was spotted again the following day, only that this time is wasn't alone. According to Huffington Post, the whale had joined a group of humpbacks, and was happily swimming around with them.
Wildlife researchers say that, for the time being, these marine mammals are the world's rarest whales. Thus, their population in the eastern North Pacific comprises of merely 50 individuals.
Apparently, the specimen observed near Victoria is only the second of its kind to have been spotted in British Colombia's waters since 1951.
“It is a different individual than the one we found last June off Haida Gwaii. These are the only confirmed sightings in Canadian waters for this species since 1951, when a North Pacific right whales was killed by whalers off the west coast of Vancouver Island,” John Ford explains.