Hybrid baby whale makes debut at western Japan whale museum

A baby whale born to two different species made a public debut on Monday at a whale museum in the western Japan town of Taiji.The female whale, which was born in June last year at the Taiji Whale Museum in Wakayama Prefecture, has a black body, a characteristic of its father, a false killer whale, but with white markings, a feature of a Risso's dolphin, the species of its mother.The two species bred together naturally at the museum. They have also done so on two other occasions but this is the first time the resulting calf has lived more than a year, the museum said.The calf has been named …READ FULL ARTICLE