Talk:Hvaldimir

Hvaldimir, the Whale Who Went AWOL - The New York Times

January 14, 2024, article. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/14/magazine/hvaldimir-whale.html

Discusses reasons why some resigned from OneWhale and formed another group, Marine Mind.

"OneWhale unraveled because of one person,” says Stephen McCulloch, a longtime marine-mammal welfare specialist and former OneWhale adviser. “From my perspective, the problem was that you had a very controlling individual who had very little integrity or respect for a group of experts that really wanted to help. It became evident that Regina’s priority was to make a film with a satisfying ending — belugas swimming off together in the sunset. But you can’t film an animal that died because you didn’t understand enough about him.” — Preceding unsigned comment added by Michaelhurwicz (talk • contribs) 19:37, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

Advert tag

Added the advert tag, specifically due to the protection efforts section.

The firm in question, One Whale, as well as the leader of the conservation firm is under criticism in norwegian media, due to disputes whether the conservation efforts are necessary or effective. In addition, the firm is being criticized for their efforts potentially putting the whale at unnecessary risk.

Regardless of the current controversy, the section itself reads as an advertisement for their company, and should be rewritten. Henkeeee (talk) 18:20, 4 August 2024 (UTC)

Confirmed Shooting?

Was it shot dead or is just really speculations that hasn't been confirmed? I read the newspaper yesterday and it said activists only suspect it got shot. But there may be another possible explanation that it just died and the holes are from marine birds pecking at the floating body. An autopsy is being performed but it would take three weeks from now to get a definitive answer. Not saying it didn't get shot but in the meantime, it may be better to not speculate and be more conservative about cause of death. Evibeforpoli (talk) 22:12, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

I heard it was ricin.--Jack Upland (talk) 02:12, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

St Petersburg

The writing on the harness is in the Roman alphabet and not Cyrillic. Why is Russian equipment labelled in the Latin alphabet? Could it really be american equipment as in St Petersburg, Florida? That is the whale was actually an american spy whale. 2A00:23C4:95:EA01:AC9E:9973:EF23:6038 (talk) 21:46, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

Yeah, and as the Russians said if it was a Russian secret agent, why label it as such?--Jack Upland (talk) 01:08, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

The reason I asked is that I once had an old fridge-freezer. It suddenly broke down, probably due to age and lack of maintenance. I tried to discover what was wrong, and found a part with Cyrillic letters on it which read something like capacitance, so I guess it was a capacitor. I guess maybe it was a Russian manufactured part or from one of the Slavic countries. Never managed to find a replacement, so disposed the fridge. So why should the russians make or label a harness in the Roman alphabet? Maybe the whale was an american spy used to spy on russia, but escaped. 2A00:23C4:95:EA01:2528:CB15:60B:57B8 (talk) 01:43, 16 November 2024 (UTC)