New orca species?

Taken from the “wild killer whale group” at flickr;

Antarctica Killer Whale by Bob Pitman

“As part of the celebration of NOAA’s 200th anniversary, staff are sending in pictures from various field locations. This one is taken at Ross Bay, Antarctica by a fellow NOAA employee Bob Pitman of NOAA marine biologist Lisa Ballance. They believe this calf may be a new species of killer whale living in the ice in that region.”

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