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Harness-wearing whale was 'trained by Russian military,' researchers say
CNN Norway ^
| April 29, 2019
| Emily Dixon
Posted on 04/29/2019 10:43:05 PM PDT by NorseViking
(CNN)Fishermen off Norway's northern coast were astonished last week when they spotted a beluga whale wearing a harness, complete with mounts for a camera.
And according to marine experts, the mammal's backstory may be even stranger: They believe it was trained by the Russian military.
Fishermen Joar Hesten was the first to encounter the whale, off the coast of Finnmark, a county in northeastern Norway. Hesten then contacted the country's Directorate of Fisheries.
The whale was friendly and playful, witnesses said. Jorgen Ree Wiig, a marine biologist at the directorate, told CNN: "The whale seemed playful but our instincts said that it was also asking for help to get out of the harness." The harness appeared "specially made," Wiig said, and bore "mounts for GoPro cameras on each side of it," while the harness clips read "Equipment St. Petersburg."
Wiig believes the whale came from Murmansk, Russia, and was trained by the Russian navy. The navy has "been known to train belugas to conduct military operations before," he said, "like guarding naval bases, helping divers, finding lost equipment."
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To: NorseViking
I never met anyone that could speak Beluga whale.
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posted on
04/29/2019 11:01:42 PM PDT
by
Karliner
(Jeremiah 29:11, Romans 8:28 Isa 17 "This is the end of the beginning" W Churchill)
To: NorseViking
That’s OK, we have sharks with lasers.
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posted on
04/29/2019 11:31:16 PM PDT
by
Ancesthntr
("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt, The Weapons Shops of Isher)
To: Ancesthntr
We have trained belugas as well as sea lions and dolphins...but no grenade-chucking sea otters or flame-throwing narwhals, unfortunately.
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posted on
04/29/2019 11:45:41 PM PDT
by
piasa
(Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
To: piasa
What about the air launched walruses, eh?
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posted on
04/30/2019 1:22:14 AM PDT
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
To: NorseViking
trained by the Russian navy. The navy has “been known to train belugas to conduct military operations before,” he said, “like guarding naval bases, helping divers, finding lost equipment.”
Placing limpet mines, attacking divers, penetrating
naval bases, etc.
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posted on
04/30/2019 1:28:40 AM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: NorseViking
We trained dolphins years ago. Had them planting mines, etc.
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posted on
04/30/2019 3:25:37 AM PDT
by
Vinnie
To: NorseViking
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posted on
04/30/2019 5:43:55 AM PDT
by
Oratam
To: NorseViking
Did the harness have a mounting bracket for laser(s)???
If no, I wager it came from a circus or some sort of sea world.
Free Willy!
To: NorseViking
Hmmm...makes me wonder...could we train crows to drop hand grenades on anything that movers along the border?
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posted on
04/30/2019 7:22:17 AM PDT
by
Paleo Pete
(It's not a toe, it's a furniture location device!)
To: Paleo Pete
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posted on
04/30/2019 7:22:41 AM PDT
by
Paleo Pete
(It's not a toe, it's a furniture location device!)
To: NorseViking
Did it have a Laser on it’s head?
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posted on
04/30/2019 3:37:51 PM PDT
by
dljordan
To: dljordan
To: NorseViking
Harness-wearing whale was 'trained by Russian military,' researchers say
Proof Hillary colluded with the Russians.
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posted on
04/30/2019 8:03:06 PM PDT
by
Rastus
To: Steven Tyler
The whale was found with a tight harness reading "Equipment St. Petersburg" in English. The hamlet has a dozen permanent residents and less than 100 people in the warmer season. "The talk in this hamlet is that it could have escaped from a Russian military facility or even have swam from St. Petersburg, Florida, because of the English-language text," Saether said. It was not immediately known whether any of the dolphin and whale facilities in St. Petersburg, Florida, were missing a Beluga whale. ------ https://news.yahoo.com/enigmatic-beluga-whale-lets-people-114815721.html
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posted on
05/02/2019 1:28:04 AM PDT
by
piasa
(Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
To: NorseViking
Russia is preparing to search for a nuclear-powered missile that was lost at sea
CNBC ^ | Aug. 21, 2018 | Amanda Macias
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posted on
07/03/2019 8:27:16 PM PDT
by
piasa
(Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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