A team of NOAA scientists have, for the first time, found and studied the fabled Type D killer whale alive in the wild. A killer whale that could be a new species is to be studied by scientists for the first time after it was seen off the coast of southern Chile. A team of international researchers have collected genetic samples from a group of orcas roaming the sub-Antarctic waters off the tip of South America. The team encountered the killer whales – known only as “Type D” – while anchored off Cape Horn for a week waiting for storms to pass in January. Scientists collected three biopsy samples from the pod, and biologists from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are now conducting laboratory tests that will establish if the orcas are a new species. #typedkillerwhale #Chile #orcatyped #ocean #respecttheoceananditscreatures Video © NOOA https://www.instagram.com/p/BuyBo3wovDw/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=l814mwf9yrvr