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Rare new vision of an all white humpback whale captured by a Queensland teen has sparked speculation Australia's beloved Migaloo may have reproduced.
Brayden Blake spotted the white whale about 500 metres off the coast of Fingal Head, while holidaying in New South Wales on Thursday.
The 16-year-old instantly thought of the famed whale Migaloo, who hasn't been seen yet this season, but marine expert Dr Wally Franklin thinks the "extremely intriguing" footage could indicate an even more impressive sight - a new albino white whale.
"If it is Migaloo, he's the only albino whale in the eastern Australian group, which now numbers over 40,000 whales and if it's a younger white whale, that'd only be two out of 40,000," Dr Franklin told 9News.com.au.
"So it's an incredibly rare occurrence.
"This is the first time that I've been able to say that the white whale I'm looking at could be a white whale other than Migaloo."

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