An image showing the fin that experts say is evidence that this is a blue whale Genetic material from a large whale killed off the coast of Iceland has confirmed the creature was a rare hybrid.
"Blue and fin whales are the two largest animals on earth and hybrids between these species have been observed on multiple occasions," the researchers noted in the paper. "This is remarkable as ...
creating hybrid whales with the coloration of fin whales and the jaw structure of blue whales. The percentage of fin whale DNA was higher than the researchers had expected to see. Additionally ...
Whale 22 was determined to be a rare hybrid blue-fin whale, with a fin whale father and a blue whale mother. AWI has called on the Icelandic government to report the killing of the blue-fin whale as ...