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Hvaldimir, the beluga whale and alleged Russian spy, was killed by gunshots, animal rights groups OneWhale and NOAH said Wednesday amid an autopsy.
Hvaldimir (Norwegian pronunciation: [/ˈʋɑːl.dɪ.mɪr/]; c. 2009 [1] [2] – 31 August 2024) was a male [3] beluga whale that fishermen near Hammerfest in northern Norway noticed in April 2019 allegedly wearing a camera harness. After being freed from the harness, the whale remained in the area and appeared used to humans.
Hvaldimir, a white beluga whale that was rumored to be a Russian spy, has been found dead in waters off Norway. Beloved Russian 'spy' whale, who was anything but covert, is found dead off Norway ...
Two beluga whales have been rescued from the besieged city of Kharkiv in Ukraine and taken to an ... which sits near its border with Russia, has seen a spate of Russian attacks in recent weeks.
The company paints the 2019 Beluga XL version to emphasize the plane's similarity to the Beluga whale. [259] Airbus BelugaXL. In the 2016 Disney/Pixar animated film Finding Dory, the sequel to Finding Nemo (2003), the character Bailey is a beluga whale and its echolocation abilities are a significant part of the plot. [260] [261]
Sasha, a beluga whale born in 2008 at Marineland, died around October 10, 2011, several days before the off-season. On May 28, 2012, a nine-month-old beluga, Skoot, born to Skyla, succumbed to its injuries after a two-hour attack by two adult males in a shared tank.
Marine biologists have moved a pair of beluga whales from the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv - the target of daily shelling by Russian forces - to the eastern Spanish city of Valencia, in what they ...
The beluga, called Hvaldimir, was wearing a harness that was labeled "Equipment of St. Petersburg", seemed comfortable around humans, and attempted to pull ropes from the sides of a Norwegian fishing vessel. Beluga research was conducted by the Murmansk Sea Biology Research Institute in northern Russia on behalf of the Russian Navy.