Solar-loving Freya the walrus sinking boats in Norway

A 1,500-pound walrus named Freya has sunk a number of ships, inflicting mayhem in Oslo, Norway, this summer season.

The boat-sinking behemoth has change into a social media star, with footage and movies of her antics spreading throughout Twitter. She's additionally a sensation amongst native residents and vacationers, excluding some boat homeowners.

WALRUS SINKS RUSSIAN NAVY BOAT IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN

In her effort to search out new locations to lounge, Freya has sunk a number of boats and inflatables beneath her weight, in response to Euronews, which famous the walrus was beforehand noticed in Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, and Scotland. Boats with a low stern and no giant engine are Freya's most well-liked lounging spots.

The Norwegian authorities has change into conscious of Freya and has gone out of its strategy to warn pissed off residents towards harming her. On July 20, the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries printed a press launch warning locals, "Maintain your distance from the walrus!"

"We encourage individuals within the space to go away Freya the walrus alone. She is a wild animal of round 600 kg, which isn't essentially as dorky and clumsy as one may get the impression. The walrus is a protected species and it's forbidden to disturb it unnecessarily," the discharge reads.

"Euthanasia not an possibility. Neither the Directorate of Fisheries nor researchers we're in touch with suggest culling. It's subsequently presently not relevant, and different choices are being thought-about," it provides.

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After complaints from locals, authorities are planning to lure the walrus onto a floating dock, from which she might be taken to a different house alongside the coast, in response to NBC News. Researchers are planning to take Freya again to her house within the Arctic Circle when it's protected, in response to Euronews.