The trip was the first-ever record of a migration between the two countries.
The organization was able to identify the whales using photos of their fins and eye patches sent to them by the University of Genoa and comparing them with photos in the organization's own database.
The migration is the first-ever record of killer whales migrating from Iceland to Italy and one of the largest migration routes ever recorded, according to the organization, which described it as"the most exciting news ever." Orca Guardians Iceland began studying the pod in January 2014. The next year, the whales became"regulars" in the West Iceland area and the researchers confirmed six more sightings of them.
When all four whales were spotted again in June 2016 and the following summer, a calf was among the group, according to the organization.Pod of orca whales feeding on herring in Breidafjordur, near Grundarfjordur on Snaefellnes Peninsula, Iceland. Pod of orca whales feeding on herring in Breidafjordur, near Grundarfjordur on Snaefellnes Peninsula, Iceland.The grieving female whale swam for four or five days while holding the fin of the dead calf in her mouth, Biagio Violi, an expert from the Italian marine research group Menkab told
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