(ANSA) – GOTHENBURG, 26 JUL – The Norwegian walrus Freya, a vip now, after a few days of absence has reappeared in public.
The wild walrus arrived in the Oslo fjord in April and has become the darling of locals and the media over the months. These days Freya is in Baerum, a residential area in the Oslo metropolitan area.
Rolf Harald Jensen, from the directorate of fisheries, explained to the Norwegian public service network NRK, that they are monitoring Freya’s movements and ensuring that people do not get too close so that they can live as normal and healthy a life as possible: ” He is a wild animal. Based on what we have observed, he lives well. He eats and is in good health, “Jensen told NRK. The animal, which is estimated to weigh around 600 kg, is a young female specimen and is very rare to be found in the waters of the capital, in the south of the country, because its natural habitat is the open ocean and the Arctic.
But not everyone is happy. Due to her heavy weight, Freya has done a lot of damage especially when she gets on the moored rafts to take a nap, which can last up to twenty hours.
Rune Aae, a biologist at S ›r› st-Norge University, has been studying Freya’s behaviors for the past few weeks.
According to the scientist, the walrus entered the fjord by mistake while trying to swim north to go to the Arctic, near the Svalbard islands, thousands of kilometers away: “it stays in one place for three or four days then moves. his goal is to reach Svalbard, but he is not in a hurry, “Aae told NTB agency. In fact, Freya is still a puppy and, according to NTB, she will only be able to mate in 3 or 4 years; so she still has time to play before going to Svalbard to find a mate. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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