The Ultra Rare Albino Humpback Whale Was Just Spotted Off Australian Coast

The coronavirus pandemic has locked us inside our homes, and during the past several months, we have been encouraged to explore our local areas only, as international travel has been restricted.

According to the adjunct fellow at Southern Cross University, and the founding director of The Oceania Project, Dr. Wally Franklin, the very rare humpback whale is into his 30s and will hopefully live as long as 100 years: "He is now well and truly fully grown and fully mature. He's mature socially and physically. It doesn't appear that he has had any issues with predators and he has an expectation of living as long as 100 years, which is the generally-believed life expectancy. Reports of his sightings have been available for just about every year of his life and so he has been very useful in cataloging whale movements. Those sightings are very valuable in confirming migratory timing."