Hvaldimir
Beluga whale found with a camera harness (died 2024)
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Hvaldimir was a male beluga whale that fishermen near Hammerfest in northern Norway noticed in April 2019 wearing a camera harness. After being freed from the harness, the whale remained in the area and appeared used to humans. Speculation that he had been trained by Russia as a spy whale led to his being dubbed Hvaldimir, a portmanteau of Norwegian hval (whale) and Russian President Vladimir Putin. As of 2023, Hvaldimir's range appeared to have expanded to include areas of the south-western coastline of Sweden. Hvaldimir was found dead in the Bay of Risavika, close to Stavanger in Norway, on 31 August 2024.
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