In early February, an adult male killer whale was spotted off the coast of Lebanon, near Beirut. A rare occurrence in these parts of \u200b\u200bthe Mediterranean, but also the culmination of a marathon journey. Indeed, this killer whale \u2013 known as SN113, or \u201cRiptide\u201d \u2013 is a regular in Iceland\u2019s Sn\u00e6fellsnes Peninsula. Its identification made it possible to trace an odyssey of more than 8,000\u00a0km! \u201cTo our knowledge, this is the longest killer whale migration route ever documented in the world,\u201d points out Marie-Th\u00e9r\u00e8se Mrusczok, president of Orca Guardians Iceland, the organization that identified Riptide. The previous record stood at 2,500\u00a0km. On March 7, Riptide was observed once again off the coast of Lebanon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In early February, an adult male killer whale was spotted off the coast of Lebanon, near Beirut. A rare occurrence in these parts of \u200b\u200bthe Mediterranean, but also the culmination of a marathon journey. Indeed, this killer whale \u2013 known as SN113, or \u201cRiptide\u201d \u2013 is a regular in Iceland\u2019s Sn\u00e6fellsnes Peninsula. Its identification made […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":39790,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[1457,1458,479],"class_list":["post-49896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-epaulard-en","tag-liban-en","tag-orques-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n