Article 5RETP Walrus leaves Arctic comfort zone for snooze on Dutch submarine

Walrus leaves Arctic comfort zone for snooze on Dutch submarine

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Philip Hoare
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Unclear if Freya' is conducting protest lie-in or just waylaid, though Dutch navy note her choice of Walrus-class submarine'

The disruption from the climate emergency being experienced by marine wildlife reached a new high in the first week of Cop26, when a female walrus was discovered sleeping on a submarine in a naval base in North Holland.

Walruses normally live in the polar regions - several hundred miles north. This particular animal is one of at least two of the species that have been seen far from their Arctic habitat. Another wandering walrus, seen off the Scilly Islands, France, Spain and West Cork, Ireland, has since been sighted back in Icelandic waters.

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