"Wally" The Celebrity Walrus Swims 4,000 km, Turns Up In Iceland
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The popular walrus named Wally was found in Iceland after being missing for almost a month.
One of the most famous walruses of the world, Wally, has been rediscovered. Wally the walrus was feared to be dead after it went missing for 22 days. The arctic mammal weighing 800 kg was spotted in Iceland on Sunday. A recently surfaced Facebook video shows the walrus crawling on the floating deck and taking a leap into the water. The popular walrus was last seen in Seal Rescue Ireland, a location that is 900 km away from Iceland. It is called a wandering walrus due to its unique quality of travelling the world before settling back in its home, which is the Arctic area. #WalrusWatch UPDATE: After 22 days with no confirmed sightings, we were starting to lose hope of ever seeing the young, wandering walrus again. HOWEVER, we just received notice that a similar-looking walrus was sighted yesterday in ICELAND..Picture: Hafrún Eiríks / Höfn 1/7 pic.twitter.com/ZQLwGtbVol
Twitter account Seal Rescue Ireland posted an update that read, “After 22 days with no confirmed sightings, we were starting to lose hope of ever seeing the young, wandering walrus again. However, we just received notice that a similar-looking walrus was sighted yesterday in Iceland.”
The walrus toured all through the summer to France, Spain and the Isles of Scilly as reported in the Dailymail UK. The British Divers Marine Life have confirmed the walrus to be Wally after comparing photographs and scars, reported the publication.
