Mutations

 This page is a work in progress. 

 

While I don’t believe colour mutations like these are common enough to account for the majority of “paper whale” descriptions, they are certainly a possibility, especially in cases where only one individual is described. Cetaceans in particular seem to be able to thrive in the wild despite these visual mutations, against the popular idea that leucistic and melanistic animals often fall prey to predators faster due to their differences. However, in a few cases, these mutations do attract the attention of a certain apex predator – humans. As a result, a few of these individuals have found themselves in captivity.

These are listed roughly in chronological order of when these individuals were reported/captured/born.