Whale Alleged to be Russian Spy Died After Stick Became Lodged in Its Mouth, Police Investigation Finds

The lifeless body of a beluga whale named Hvaldimir was found floating in the sea on August 31. Hvaldimir's discovery in 2019 off Norway's Arctic coast wearing a harness with a camera mount sparked media attention, with some joking that it was a Russian spy due to the name's combination of the Norwegian word for whale and Vladimir Putin's first name.