Albino whale spotted near coast might be famous humpback Migaloo

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Migaloo, the famous albino humpback whale, has not had a confirmed sighting since 2020, leading many to fear he has died.

"It does not provide us with the amount of information we would require to identify Migaloo," Pirotta told Australian news media 9News"It does show what appears to be a white whale swimming, which is positive," she said."It could be him or possibly another white-ish whale as part of this east Australian humpback whale population."

"There was another white whale sighting a few days before but we were unable to confirm this through the images provided. White humpback whales are not common." Migaloo hasn't been seen in several years, with his last confirmed sighting having been in 2020, off the coast of Port Macquarie. This has led many to fear that he may have died, although he may have just been taking different migration routes than usual.

"It's not that unusual when monitoring the returning humpback whales that visit the southwest of Ireland, to find that regular returnees simply aren't recorded every year," Pádraig Whooley, Sightings Officer at the Irish Whale & Dolphin Group,

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