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    Norwegian Biologist on Sick “Russian Spy Whale”: ‘We Were Afraid We’d Lose Him’

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    The tame white beluga whale, which was found wearing a harness in Norwegian waters, has sparked fears that the adorable mammal might be an operative of the Russian Navy.

    The friendly white whale, who has sparked a spying craze in , has fallen ill. Researchers feared the worst, but were able to breathe a sigh of relief as his health improved, national broadcaster reported.

    “It was a tough weekend,” Eve Jourdain, a marine biologist and founder of the Norwegian Orca Survey, told NRK. “He was weak, had hardly eaten, had a fever and foul odours came up from his stomach”.

    The whale who since following Norwegian fishing boats to Hammerfest harbour in early May has been entertaining locals for weeks, was clearly off colour on Friday night. As his caretakers noticed, he behaved differently when they wanted to feed him. Whale experts even suspected some form of infection.

    “On Saturday and Sunday he was so sick that we were afraid we'd lose him,” Jourdain said.

    Luckily, though, the whale seemed to improve during the night and seemed normal again as of Monday. Now, the researchers believe the whale must have eaten something that didn't agree with him.

    ​Tweet: “Saw this rascal today”

    Therefore, the research team are repeating the requests for the public to refrain from either feeding or petting the lovable whale.

    “We don't know what folks feed him, nor how clean the food or their hands are, so it's…

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