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Hvaldimir, a white beluga whale that was rumored to be a Russian spy, has been found dead in waters off Norway.
Hvaldimir, the beluga whale and alleged Russian spy, was killed by gunshots, animal rights groups OneWhale and NOAH said Wednesday amid an autopsy. ... was found dead last weekend in the harbor of ...
OneWhale, one of the organisations involved in Hvaldimir's care and observations, stated that other captive and human-conditioned beluga whales from around the world could be rescued and potentially joined with Hvaldimir, with the whales possibly being released further north to the waters off Svalbard, where a group of wild belugas is known to ...
Hvaldimir, Norway's beloved beluga whale, has been found dead, according to conservationists. Hvaldimir, famed for his many interactions with locals, was considered a young whale at about 15 years ...
The beluga whale (/ b ɪ ˈ l uː ɡ ə /; [4] Delphinapterus leucas) is an Arctic and sub-Arctic cetacean. It is one of two living members of the family Monodontidae, along with the narwhal, and the only member of the genus Delphinapterus.
The cetacean family Monodontidae comprises two living whale species, the narwhal and the beluga whale and at least four extinct species, known from the fossil record. Beluga and Narwhal are native to coastal regions and pack ice around the Arctic Ocean.
A beluga whale that was suspected to be used as a Russian intelligence-gathering tool that became an oceanic celebrity was found dead Saturday. Hvaldimir the beluga whale was found after it was ...
Kayavak was born on August 3, 1999, to a beluga named Immiayuk at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago. She was the third calf born at the aquarium, and the first to survive. As part of a Shedd tradition, she was given an Inuit name. "Kayavak" means "singing game producing soft echoes". [2]