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Fishing crews spot orca off Massachusetts coast

Fishing crews spot orca off Massachusetts coast
SPOKE WITH A RESEARCH ASSISTANT FROM THE NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM ABOUT IT. >> A FREAKING KILLER WHERE BESIDE THE BOAT. -- KILLER WHALE. KATIE: VIDEO COMING IN OF WHAT MARINE OFFICIALS SAY IS IN OR BECAUSE SPOTTED OFF THE COAST OF CAPE COD. THIS VIDEO SHOWS THE LARGE MARINE ANIMAL SWIMMING ALONGSIDE HIS BOAT. >> YOU DON’T SEE THIS ERYVE DAY, FOLKS. AT LEAST NOT IN NEW ENGLAND. KATIE: SCIENTISTS AT THE NEWAGEN AQUARIUM SAY WHILE THEY ARE MOST FREQUENTLY SPOTTED IN WATERS OFF THE WEST COAST, OR BECAUSE HAVE BEEN SPOTTED OFF THE COAST OF CAPE CO. >> IT IS POSSIBLE BUT IT IS RARE AND VERY COOL TO SEE. KATIE: ON THE SAME DATE THIS VIDEO WAS TAKEN ANOTHER FISHERMEN SPOTTED AN OARCFF O THE COAST, SNAPPING THESE PHOTOS. >> I LOOKED OUT AND THERE IT WAS, AT THREE OR FOUR FOOT DORSAL FIN AND HE WAS JUMPING, SURFACING AND SPOUTING, SWINGING ALONGSIDE A BUNCH OF DOLPHINS. KATIE: OFFICIALS SAY THE SAME SOLITARY MAIL ORCA AND POSSIBLY OLD TOM, A NORCO WHO HAS BEEN SPOTTED ALONE SEVERAL TIMES IN THE BAY OF FUNDY. OR GHOST LIKE MANY WHALES AND DOLPHINS ARE IDENTIFIED BY THEIR MARKINGS. >> SOMETIMES IT HAS TO DO WITH BLACKND A WHITE MARKINGS, SOMETIMES IT IS SCARS. THIS PARTICULAR MAIL HAS A LITTLE NOTCH IN ITS DORSAL FIN TOWARD THE TOP AND THAT’S HOW PEOPLE CAN RECOGNIZET. I KATIE: OFFICIALS AT THE NEW EN ANGLD AQUARIUM TELL US IT IS TOO EARLY TO TELL AND JUST TOO UNCLEAR IF THE ORCA SPOTTED WAS IN
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Fishing crews spot orca off Massachusetts coast
An orca was spotted Sunday off the coast of Cape Cod by at least two Massachusetts fishing crews.

An orca was spotted Sunday off the coast of Cape Cod by at least two Massachusetts fishing crews.

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