Chimo was a young female orca

Orca

The killer whale , commonly referred to as the orca, and less commonly as the blackfish, is a toothed whale belonging to the oceanic dolphin family. Killer whales are found in all oceans, from the frigid Arctic and Antarctic regions to tropical seas...

 exhibited in Sealand of the Pacific

Sealand of the Pacific

Sealand of the Pacific was a public aquarium in Oak Bay, a suburb near the city of Victoria, in British Columbia, Canada. It was famous for its orcas, which were the main attraction....

 from 1970 to 1972, Chimo was notable for being the only partially albino orca ever exhibited in captivity. Years before her capture, another pure white orca was spotted in what is suspected to be the same pod, this orca was named "Alice", Alice was never captured and vanished in the 1960s. Chimo was captured when trying to find a mate for the park's star attraction, Haida. After her capture, Sealand became famous. Chimo's probable mother was another orca by the name of Scarred-jaw Cow (T3), she was captured alongside Chimo. Chimo died in 1972 from complications caused by Chediak-Higashi Syndrome

Chédiak-Higashi syndrome

Chédiak–Higashi syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder that arises from a microtubule polymerization defect which leads to a decrease in phagocytosis. The decrease in phagocytosis results in recurrent pyogenic infections, partial albinism and peripheral neuropathy...

, the syndrome which caused her albinism, Chimo never bore any calves. In 2009, a healthy male killer whale was spotted in the Alaskan Peninsula by a fishing vessel, this male too was almost completely white.