Dopey Dick, killer whale that swam into Derry in 1977, still alive and well

Whale experts discover orca they know as Comet is same killer whale that swam into Northern Irish city nearly 40 years ago

A killer whale that sparked widespread attention when it swam into a Northern Irish city almost 40 years ago is still alive and living off the west coast of Scotland, experts have found.

The whale was nicknamed Dopey Dick by locals after he made his way up the river Foyle into the heart of Derry in pursuit of salmon in 1977. He is now thought to be at least 58 and was identified when pictures of the Irish incident were compared with images taken of a pod of whales near the Isle of Skye in September 2014.