There’s a new sea creature swimming in Hawaii waters, researchers with the Cascadia Research Collective recently confirmed: a whale-dolphin hybrid. The discovery was first made by researchers with the collective last year, though the report detailing the hybrid -- the product of a melon-headed whale and a rough-toothed dolphin -- was released this week. The hybrid was found by researchers with the Cascadia Research Collective during a two-week project in Kauai, Hawaii, in August 2017. The hybrid was likely fathered by a rough-toothed dolphin while it’s mother is believed to be a melon-headed whale. During the two-week project, scientists also encountered and tagged another rare sea creature, according to the report: pantropical spotted dolphins.

Source: Fox News July 27, 2018 19:30 UTC