‘Russian spy’ beluga whale returns phone to its owner after she drops it in the ocean | Daily Mail Online

This is the bizarre moment a beluga whale speculated to be a defecting Russian operative returned an iPhone that had been dropped in the ocean.

Isa Opdahl had been out in a boat with friends at Hammerfest harbour in Norway on Monday when the handset plunged into the water.

The whale was filmed slowly emerging out of the ocean with the phone in its mouth after diving down to retrieve it. 

Isa Opdahl and her friend reach out to retrieve an iPhone that was returned by a beluga whale off the coast of Norway

The whale dived down into the ocean and slowly swam to the surface with the device inside its mouth at Hammersmith harbour

Ms Opdahl was then able to simply pluck the device from the whale’s mouth.  

The footage has prompted speculation the whale is the same creature trained by the Russian military as a ‘spy’.

Last week Norwegian fisherman discovered a beluga off the coast wearing a camera attached to a harness. 

Marine experts said the creature had been trained as a Russian operative that had escaped from a training facility.

Fisherman freed a beluga whale off the coast of Norway wearing a tight harness believed to belong to the Russian Navy last week

Inspector Joergen Ree Wiig of the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries, who was at the scene last week, said the harness was branded with ‘equipment of St. Petersburg’ and featured a mount for an action camera. 

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.’

CNN reported on Friday that it had been hovering around the Hammerfest area, playing with boats and locals.

‘Russian spy’ beluga whale returns phone to its owner after she drops it in the ocean

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