A harness-wearing beluga whale that turned up in Norway in 2019, sparking speculation it was a spy trained by the Russian Navy, has appeared off Sweden’s coast, an organization following him said on Monday. | AFP
“It could be hormones driving him to find a mate. Or it could be loneliness as Belugas are a very social species—it could be that he’s searching for other Beluga whales.”Believed to be 13 to 14 years old, Strand said the whale is “at an age where his hormones are very high.”
When he first appeared in Norway’s Arctic, marine biologists from the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries removed an attached man-made harness. It is also the gateway to the Northern Route that shortens maritime journeys between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
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