About a quarter of the orcas seen around New Zealand’s coast have bent or misshapen dorsal fins. This is a much higher incidence than in other parts of the world, but the reason for this is not clear.
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Orca Research Trust, Ingrid Visser
Photograph by Ingrid Visser
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