Jess Weatherbed
Spy belugas sound way cooler than spy balloons.
Hvaldimir — a beluga whale (and alleged former Russian spy) — has been spotted in Sweden this week, reheating international concern regarding how best to deal with the free-roaming former intelligence asset.
Hvaldimir was first seen in 2019 by Norwegian fishermen who removed his Russian-made harness. He’s since become a local celebrity around the Norwegian coast, seeking human interaction and retrieving fallen mobile phones from the ocean floor.
