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Moment ‘Russian spy’ beluga whale returns iPhone to grateful owner
The whale was said to be extremely tame and approached the fishermen while they were sailing in the seas above Norway
THIS is the amazing moment a beluga whale thought to be a defecting Russian spy returned a dropped iPhone to its owner after diving to retrieve it.
Isa Opdahl filmed the astonishing clip, captioned “when animals are kinder than humans”, while out in a boat with friends in a harbour in Norway when the handset fell into the water.
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The video shows a beluga whale slowly emerging to the surface holding the phone in its mouth, before it was taken by its grateful recipient.
It was believed to have been filmed in Hammerfest harbour in Norway and its speculated the whale was the same creature that had been trained as a “spy” by the Russian military before escaping from an experimental military programme.
The AWOL beluga had been found by fishermen off the coast last week wearing a harness and a camera attachment.
Audun Rikardsen, an arctic and marine biology professor at the Arctic University of Norway, said it was “most likely that the Russian Navy in Murmansk" was involved.
He said: “We know that in Russia they have had domestic whales in captivity and also that some of these have apparently been released.
“Then they often seek out boats.”
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CNN reported on Friday that it had been enjoying its stay, following a boat all the way to Hammerfest.
This has happened before and some scientists speculate it could be something to do with a phone’s radio signal combined with the friendliness of dolphins and beluga whales.
A video has reemerged showing a model Terressa Cee dropping her phone but a dolphin was filmed emerging with her phone.
Dolphin retrieves girl's phone from bottom of pool
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