A Rare White Porpoise Has Been Spotted In The Baltic Sea!

White seaport porpoise are so rarefied that only 15 sighting have been record in the past 100 year . Last hebdomad , an amateurish photographer caught sight of such a creature in the Baltic Sea and captured it on video .

The footage and photographs were taken by Peter Hofmann .

The Whale and Dolphin Conservatory , who receive the footage from Hofman , reports :

Usually the harbor porpoise has a robust dark organic structure , with a white or pale grey belly . They tend to be shy creatures and rarely derive close to boat . However , on this affair the porpoise was unusually curious , swimming close to the gravy boat and following the crew for a while . The porpoise was accompany by a more typical grey member of the species .

Previously , a white harbour porpoise run aground in Germany in 2013 , probably after getting injured by a nautical propellor . “ blanched harbour porpoise are very rarified , so every sighting is a major event ” grant to Fabian Ritter , maritime biologist at WDC . “ It is important to report such sightings . They are of great scientific value to us . ”

Albinism is uncommon among cetacean , but a issue of sighting have been made over the years , include Migaloo , a spectacular all - white humpback whale .

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