A beloved whale long suspected of being a Russian 'spy' was shot dead, animal-rights groups say
Hvaldimir, a beluga whale suspected of once being a Russian spy, was found dead off the coast of Norway on Saturday. Some vets say he was shot to death.
A beluga whale accused of spying for Russia with a mounted camera has been found dead near Norway's coast
A beluga whale believed to have been trained ... Hvaldimir, whose name is a pun featuring the Norwegian word for "whale" and ...
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Hvaldimir, beluga whale suspected of being Russian spy, could be shot — ecologists
which gave rise to a theory picked up by the Norwegian media that the beluga whale had allegedly been tamed and used by Russian intelligence to gather information. The whale was nicknamed ...
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Why we may soon see more Arctic hybrids like the pizzly Why we may soon see more Arctic hybrids like the pizzly The strange saga of Hvaldimir the ‘Russian spy whale’ The strange saga of ...
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Naked Russian woman scientist dances in Arctic waters with Beluga whales
Marine biologists have long been intrigued by the apparent repulsion exhibited by the Beluga whales towards artificial ... so this is why the skilled Russian Natalia Avseenko, 36 took on this ...
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Beluga whales released in Russia’s Far East adapt successfully — activists
A coalition of non-governmental organizations, headlined ‘Freedom to beluga whales and orcas,’ said on its official page on Russia’s VKontakte social network, citing interviews with locals ...
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Beluga whales: Social, smart and wizards with sound
Beluga whales, also known as ‘white whales’, are social and ... This has been exploited by aquariums and zoos, and even by the United States' and Russian Navies. Belugas also have features that make ...
Shedd Aquarium names baby beluga Opus, a musical term
The name is also a nod to whale’s father and the high-pitched songs that have led these mammals to be dubbed the “canaries of the sea.” ...
First documented sighting of a group of bowhead whales in Canada's Churchill River Estuary
In the summer of 2020, researchers from the University of Manitoba set up a time-lapse camera overlooking the Churchill River ...
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SAVING THE COOK INLET BELUGA WHALE
Like the legendary Moby Dick, the full-grown beluga whale is snowy white. Yet unlike Herman Melville's mostly fictitious albino sperm whale, which had only Captain Ahab to deal with, the beluga swims ...
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ECOVIEWS: Beluga whales are cool
If they add graceful, charismatic and supple to the description, they are probably talking about a beluga whale. I remember being mesmerized as I watched two of these ghostlike leviathans swim ...
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SAVING THE COOK INLET BELUGA WHALE
Like the legendary Moby Dick, the full-grown beluga whale is snowy white. Yet unlike Herman Melville's mostly fictitious albino sperm whale, which had only Captain Ahab to deal with, the beluga swims ...