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image captionThe pod was photographed on Norway s west coast earlier this year
A mystery pod of killer whales spotted off the coast of Scotland three years ago has finally been found - off the west coast of Norway.
Six orcas were photographed on Norway s west coast earlier this year but had a colouration on their backs unlike other animals in the area.
After consulting Scottish records, the Norwegian Orca Survey matched three of them to a Vatersay sighting in 2018.
Experts have said that a three-year enigma had now been solved.
Photographs of the killer whales in Børøyfjorden were brought to the Norwegian Orca Survey by citizen scientist Asmund Aasheim.
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