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Sunbathing Walrus Sinks Boats in Norway
NBC News ^ | 6/22

Posted on 07/02/2022 10:51:39 AM PDT by nickcarraway

Authorities in Norway have hatched a plan to prevent Freya the walrus from sinking more small boats as she sunbathes at a marina.

See video at the link.


TOPICS: Local News; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: norway; walrus
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To: nickcarraway
The Traditional Eskimo use for Walrus hide! (After you eat the walrus!)

The Sami in northern Norway used to hunt walrus.

"Waterproof clothes and bags were made of walrus guts, skins, seal fur and the skin of ringed seals. Walrus tusks and bones were used to make arrowheads, knife handles, glasses to protect the eyes from excess light, household utensils, amulets and jewellery."


21 posted on 07/02/2022 12:04:02 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission ( )
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To: ryderann
"And spray the boats with predator (sharks?) smell. I keep rabbits out of my garden by spraying around it with coyote pee."

The raft with walrus treats is probably easier than collecting shark pee.

Gardeners use blood meal in the garden because it smells like a predator to deer. So I guess you could smear the boats with blood to keep the Walrus away. But since Walrus unlike deer are predators, the blood would probably just attract both Walruses and Sharks.

22 posted on 07/02/2022 12:05:59 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: nickcarraway

Ya.

You all know me.

I kin get rid of dis valrus for you.

I vill need two tousand dollars and a box of dat mouse tape paper.

Oh, and tree tacos.


23 posted on 07/02/2022 12:22:42 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: nickcarraway

Walrus dig up clams with their tusks from the sea bottom and eat them by the ton. When the Alaskan Aleuts harvest one, the first thing they eat is the partially digested clams from the walrus stomach. Some pilot bread and it makes a great shore lunch I’m told.


24 posted on 07/02/2022 12:33:01 PM PDT by dainbramaged (What did the cook say when the rat fell into the chowder? "Better luck next time.")
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To: dila813
Common in Washington and Oregon
Walrus? No way - maybe you're thinking of sea lions.
25 posted on 07/02/2022 12:37:05 PM PDT by dainbramaged (What did the cook say when the rat fell into the chowder? "Better luck next time.")
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To: dainbramaged

Yep


26 posted on 07/02/2022 1:06:09 PM PDT by dila813
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27 posted on 07/02/2022 1:11:44 PM PDT by DaxtonBrown
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To: nickcarraway

What is Stacy Abrams doing in Norway?


28 posted on 07/02/2022 1:37:18 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: nickcarraway

Viking walrus, destroyer of boats. Filing the insurance claim and getting it approved is probably a chore.


29 posted on 07/02/2022 2:00:03 PM PDT by Cecily ( )
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To: nickcarraway
Freya, or an imposter:


30 posted on 07/02/2022 2:32:31 PM PDT by TChad ("Joe, we should evacuate the civilians before the military. You understand that, right? Joe?")
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To: nickcarraway

I saw the video. Get that nuisance walrus into a net and tow it 500 miles away. If it returns, then kill it and sell the meat and blubber to interested parties.

I’ll bet this walrus is eating a lot of fish too, that the local yokels want to catch and eat.


31 posted on 07/02/2022 2:54:37 PM PDT by dennisw
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To: nickcarraway

In my younger days I had a ketch named Freya. Sigh.


32 posted on 07/02/2022 2:54:54 PM PDT by Hiddigeigei ("Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish," said Dionysus - Euripides)
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To: blueunicorn6

Dat Yeu, Ole?

Lena says come home now.

No more snoose for you.


33 posted on 07/02/2022 3:17:58 PM PDT by Norski (Revelation 22:20)
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To: nickcarraway

Solution is simple but enviros refuse to accept it.


34 posted on 07/02/2022 3:38:14 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Don't walk thru the watermelon patch)
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To: DannyTN

Scares deer, but blood meal attracts racoons and skunks.


35 posted on 07/02/2022 4:47:18 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission ( )
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission
"Scares deer, but blood meal attracts racoons and skunks."

Really? I had a skunk underneath the house this winter. But I haven't put out blood meal in a few years. I ran the skunk off with Rodent Repellent ultrasonic frequencies on youtube cranked up to about 3 times the normal listening volume.

Hey that might be a strategy for Freya. String the dock with speakers and play repellent frequencies 24/7. We can't hear them. But a Walrus might.

36 posted on 07/02/2022 5:04:00 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: nickcarraway
“I want to find a solution, so the professionals must offer the best one,”

Walrus steak. It must be good, the Eskimos have eaten for thousands of years.

37 posted on 07/02/2022 5:12:42 PM PDT by cpdiii (CANE CUTTER-DECKHAND-ROUGHNECK-OILFIELD CONSULTANT-GEOLOGIST-PILOT-PHARMACIST)
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To: nickcarraway

Put the walrus in goal, save 15% on your car insurance.


38 posted on 07/02/2022 9:57:40 PM PDT by Tymesup
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