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Archive Footage Shows Russian 'Spy' Whale Greeting Carer Before Mysterious Death
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1:24Now PlayingHvaldimir, a beluga whale famous for mysteriously appearing off the coast of Norway in April 2019 wearing a harness stamped “equipment of St Petersburg," was captured on video delighting one of his carers by swimming up to her kayak and demonstrating his good health.
In September this year, it was reported that Hvaldimir was found dead off the Norwegian coast. His cause of death was unknown at the time of writing.
Krisztina Balotay, who recorded this video in a remote fjord in northern Norway on April 9, 2021, is part of Hvaldimir’s monitoring team and tries to visit him 4 or 5 times a year to assess his general condition, Balotay told Storyful.
Balotay also said that Hvaldimir has recently settled in a remote area near some fish farms. “If he feels like he needs human company, he can go over to a tiny floating dock next to the farm base, where friendly locals visit him during the weekend,” she wrote on Facebook.
Though Balotay said she had to search for Hvaldimir for a few days on this particular visit, she noted that “he seemed to be in good spirits.”
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