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Hvaldimir. 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.
The groups shared photos with what appear to be streaks of blood and holes in the lifeless body of the whale, who was 14 feet long and 2,700 pounds according to the Associated Press .
September 1, 2024 at 2:18 PM. A beluga whale suspected of having been trained as a spy by Russia has been found dead off the Norwegian coast. The body of the animal - nicknamed Hvaldimir - was ...
September 3, 2024 at 8:43 PM. 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 ...
Captured N/A ? N/A Male 100% Russian Transient Wuxi Changqiao Killer Whale Ocean World Resort Captured N/A ? Nakhod Male 100% Russian Transient Chimelong Spaceship: Captured N/A Adult Morgan: Female 100% Norwegian: Loro Parque: Rescued: c. 2007: 16–17 Naja/Naya (Juliet/Malishka) Female 100% Russian Moskvarium: Captured c. 2010: 13–14 Nalani ...
The first live killer whale captured in Russia was an 18-foot (5.5 m)-long female estimated to be about six years old, captured off the Pacific coast of the Kamchatka district on September 26, 2003. She was transferred over 7,000 miles (11,000 km) to a facility owned by the Utrish Dolphinarium on the Black Sea , where she died in October 2003 ...
September 9, 2024 at 9:30 AM. OSLO (Reuters) - A beluga whale discovered with a harness strapped around its neck in Norwegian waters five years ago - and found dead on Aug. 31 - had a stick stuck ...
A mass stranding of pilot whales on the shore of Cape Cod, 1902. Cetacean stranding, commonly known as beaching, is a phenomenon in which whales and dolphins strand themselves on land, usually on a beach. Beached whales often die due to dehydration, collapsing under their own weight, or drowning when high tide covers the blowhole. [ 1 ]