Killer whale spotted off the Outer Banks coast

Surprise! Killer whale spotted off the North Carolina coast

An aerial survey team from the Florida-based Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute spotted the killer whale near Kitty Hawk.

Killer whale spotted off the coast of the Outer Banks

The above video is coverage from 2024 about spotting misinformation online, after a report of an orca in the Outer Banks turned out to be fake. KITTY HAWK, N.C. (WAVY) - A survey crew that has spent the past five years tracking whale locations just had their first orca sighting -- off the coast of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. According to a social media post from the Florida-based Clearwater Marine Aquarium, their research institute's aerial surv…

Killer whale spotted off the Outer Banks coast

Researchers were in for a wild surprise when they spotted an orca off the coast of Kitty Hawk.

Killer whale spotted in the ocean off the Outer Banks

Photo from Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute. From SamWalkerOBXNews.com An aerial survey team from the Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute made an extremely rare find off the Outer Banks last Thursday, as a killer whale was spotted off Kitty Hawk. The Florida-based institute’s team focuses their work off our coast on surveying activity of endangered North Atlantic right whales, as part of their mission to preserve the speci…

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