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Because of the Russian espionage theory, the newspaper Verdens Gang dubbed the whale Hvaldimir, a play on the first name of the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, and the Norwegian hval, whale; on 3 May the national broadcaster NRK announced that this was the winner of their public vote to name the whale, with "Joar", for the fisherman, polling ...
Hvaldimir, a white beluga whale that was rumored to be a Russian spy, has been found dead in waters off Norway.
The whale, called Hvaldimir (a combination of the Norwegian word for whale — hval — and the first name of Russian President Vladimir Putin) gained public attention in the country in 2019 when ...
Hvaldimir, the beluga whale and alleged Russian spy, was killed by gunshots, animal rights groups OneWhale and NOAH said Wednesday amid an autopsy.
A white whale wearing a harness, which was discovered by fishermen off the coast of northern Norway (NTB Scanpix/Norwegian Directorat) ... But rather than a Russian spy, Dr Olga Shpak believes the ...
Russian scientists working on the White Whale Program place transmitters onto whales in Sea of Okhotsk The beluga is considered an excellent sentinel species (indicator of environment health and changes), because it is long-lived, at the top of the food web, bears large amounts of fat and blubber, relatively well-studied for a cetacean, and ...
Iceberg is the name of an all-white, mature male orca (killer whale) that was filmed and photographed in 2010 off the north-east coast of Russia. He is one of the first adult all-white orca bulls discovered in the wild.
The whale's name is a play on the name of Russian President Vladimir Putin. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Alleged Russian spy whale Hvaldimir found dead off Norwegian shore Show ...