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The mystery of why a beluga whale washed up off the coast of Norway wearing a harness may finally be solved.
According to foreign media, the tame white whale, which locals named Hvaldimir, made headlines five years ago amid widespread speculation that it was a Russian spy whale.
Now a species expert says she believes the whale actually belonged to the military and escaped from a naval base in the Arctic Circle.
But dr. Olga Shpak does not believe that she was a spy whale. She believes the beluga was being trained to guard the base and ran away because it was a "hooligan".
Russia has always refused to confirm or deny that the beluga whale was trained by its military.
But dr. Shpak, who worked in Russia researching marine mammals from the 1990s until returning to her native Ukraine in 2022, told BBC News: "For me it's 100% (certain)".
We recall that the mysterious whale first came to public attention five years ago when it approached fishermen off the northern coast of Norway.
Sadly, the incredible story of Hvaldimir/Andruha does not have a happy ending.
After learning to feed, it spent several years traveling south along the coast of Norway and in May 2023 was even seen off the coast of Sweden.
Then, on September 1, 2024, the whale's body was found dead floating in the sea, near the town of Risavika, on the southwest coast of Norway.
Despite some activist groups suggesting the whale had been shot, this explanation has been dismissed by Norwegian police.
They say there was nothing to suggest that human activity directly caused the beluga's death. A post-mortem examination revealed that Hvaldimir/Andruha died after a stick was inserted into his mouth.
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