CS MONITOR - HUGE ALBINO WHALE SPOTTED OFF MEXICO
EXCERPT: This specimen was observed for the first time during the 2008-2009 season as a whale calf with the albino characteristics for which it was named,” Conap (Commission of Natural Protected Areas) explains in a recent online post....
In the recent sighting, this time in the area known as Alambre Island in the Ojo de Liebre Lagoon, Gallon of Milk was accompanied by a calf that was completely gray, which must mean she has become a mother for the first time." ...
The bright white whale’s condition albinism makes her of a special kind, since the gene mutation that leads to a sharp decrease in the pigment melanin – or the lack of it – is barely recorded among marine mammals,” Tech Times explains.
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2/18/12
EARTHTRUST IS USING DNA TO SAVE THE WHALES
"Earthtrust's Saving Whales With DNA Project is a cutting-edge strategy for ending the global black market in whale meat through the use of DNA analysis... DNA analysis is the only practical way to verify if a product in the marketplace is a "legitimate" whale species (under IWC regulations) or if it is from a highly endangered species."
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