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Social media users have been enthralled by a so-called ‘Russian spy whale’ that was recently spotted in Norwegian waters. Agent Belugov, your cover is blown!
The beluga whale first approached a fishing boat off the coast of Norway’s Ingoya Island, wearing a harness with a GoPro camera attached. The strange discovery soon prompted speculation that the whale was a trained infiltrator.
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Well done, Comrade Belugov! Did ‘Russian Navy whale’ trick Norwegians into seizing spy harness?
Twitter had a ball with the idea.
You had me at "a Russian spy whale…"https://t.co/7SZ079A57D
— Mary Griffin (@Mary_Griffin_) May 2, 2019
Saw that news about Russian whale with gopro and was like "us too" https://t.co/h7sxGZ3DQD
— Ahmed Mujović (@mujovic) May 2, 2019
More spy whales! https://t.co/5M4sa98Z7Y
— Matt Lee (@APDiploWriter) May 2, 2019
When the whale stuck around, some joked that he was a defector.
Russian spy whale defects 😉 https://t.co/bZcDSwemHF
— Ken Hanly (@northsunm35) May 2, 2019
Perhaps our aquatic double agent would make for a good pet?
Russian spy whale > all other pets. https://t.co/moR6yyvx40
— Molly “not super smart” Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) May 2, 2019
Others found the theory to be…interesting.
So this whale is either a trained Russian asset, or it recently escaped from SeaWorld pic.twitter.com/GG8L8wTjps
— Joe Adinolfi (@jsadinolfi) May 2, 2019
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