Four killer whales spotted together in rare sighting in southern New England waters
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Scientists spotted four killer whales swimming together off the coast of Massachusetts, the New England Aquarium said Tuesday. It was a rare sighting; the only killer whale regularly seen in the area is "Old Thom," who's known to swim by himself, according to the aquarium. The pod of killer whales was first spotted by Katherine McKenna, an assistant research scientist. "Initially I could just see two splashes ahead of the plane," McKenna said in a statement . "As we circled the area, two whales surfaced too quickly to tell what they were. On the third surfacing, we got a nice look and could see the tell-tale coloration before the large dorsal fins broke the surface." The four killer whales were seen about 40 miles south of Nantucket. There was one adult male, an adult female and two juveniles, Orla O'Brien, an associate research scientist who leads the aerial survey team for the Anderson Ca