Norwegian fishermen remove harness from beluga whale

Norwegian officials and fishermen remove a mysterious harness from a beluga whale. Video by Jorgen Ree Wiig/Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries.

[@shamil.4662]

Those guys didn't remove it, a fisherman did. He didn't film it and he actually got in the water to do it. BBC radio did a 1 hour interview with him. This is the same beluga that has been playing with and fetching phones for tourists.

[@babaib3513]

Thanks thanks thanks

[@gwenratcliffe3815]

Thanks for your update. Otherwise, I wouldn't have realized.

[@bigfatno]

Uhhh, they didn't remove anything.

[@noworriesmate8287]

bigfatno I thought I mist it🤔

[@linwhat6550]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZjcaKasZ99_m68 (half off)

[@cobolt-6098]

I know

[@linwhat6550]

@falafalman kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZjcaKasZ99_m68 shows a half removed

[@purpletomato3548]

this beluga whale is spy! bbc news Check the link. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qn23hHeubdF5nNE

[@jasonbraswell4244]

The Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries was able to locate and free this beautiful animal from its harness!

[@babaib3513]

Thank you for ur msg if it's true coz the straps around this beautiful animal is extremely distutbing

[@drwoo6090]

They should also ban the slaughter of all whales!

[@gwenratcliffe3815]

Thanks for sharing that information.

[@pradhyumna1159]

Misleading title... They didn't remove the harness.

[@adilouie]

Nor do they appear to be fisherman.

[@joseph1308]

@@adilouie yes, they seem to be scientists

[@user-vv7xu1xv5c]

Pradhyumna They are in the process.

[@BMG_RN]

It's a trained whale they use it for training when like a wild beluga has like a fishing line on it.

[@JD-kf2ki]

Well, they tried.

[@kathydbrumfieldb8753]

I ABSOLUTELY HATE BEING LIED TO!!! Next time just say " we were thinking about removing a harness, but decided not to " 😏

[@MarinoTarot]

I think they TRIED but couldn't. because they reach for the clip, and every time the beluga makes a duck dive away and they cant reach for it. they also had the knife ready to cut the harness, but the beluga was too afraid. and with his history, there's no wonder why the beluga is afraid of humans...

[@stephenleonard7698]

It doesn't need to have the harness off. It's probably for a study to enhance the species life !!

[@sircharles6477]

Men Free Beluga Whale from Strange Russian Harness || ViralHog, kzbin.info/www/bejne/rH2ZmGiLq5JqhpI Theres 2 parts too it my good man.. If you pause it at 2:10 sec, you will see they have it off from around his neck area, i dont know why the rest of the video shows it still on? Norwegians, go figure? Oh and here is the final results of said Whale, kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWGpdKdsob-Zq8k

[@schokomensch5436]

Karen

[@cholst1]

They did, here is a national geographic article. His name is Hvaldimir: www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2020/06/marine-biologist-audun-rikardsen-swims-with-russian-spy-beluga-whale/

[@fnomore333]

Breaks my heart to think the little guy was either trusting enough to let someone do that, or it was done by force.. poor little guy..

[@tommyodonovan3883]

The Norwegians think the Whale was part of a Russian experiment but escaped.

[@verahogan8086]

@@tommyodonovan3883 Oh... those Russians... they're stuck in stone-age.

[@mariozappini7784]

@@verahogan8086 America did the same stuff with dolphins so...

[@verahogan8086]

@@infinitevalrath7767 my country is Ireland.

[@nutforana]

*LMAO, they tried to assume where you’re from!!* *(Btw, I’m from America 😭).*

[@sircharles6477]

If everyone on the planet had the demeanor of a Beluga Whale, we would all be living in peace and Harmony, such loving and trusting creatures, So Beautiful!!!!

[@sircharles6477]

@LEO&LAMB Amen Brother, Great Comment, Praise Jesus Christ!!

[@samuellea6688]

Why go such a fab yall

[@nathancooper4954]

I'm pretty sure they are ruthless carnivores. Ask a small fish what they think of them.

[@sircharles6477]

@@nathancooper4954, Yes the Smaller fish are in fact 'NOT' Mammals as the Beluga Whale's are Mammals , which in case concludes their Demise as Lunch, or dinner, Not sure if they eat them for breakfast though??🤔😂

[@pigtailsandteddybears]

I know!!! Very much like dogs 🥰❤

[@FBab-jb4lp]

They didn't remove it I am so disappointed 😞

[@scottf7891]

there goes 7 minutes of my life I will never get back

[@magenta6754]

Beluga whales are wonderful. Thank you to those kind Norwegians for trying to help the beautiful whale.

[@selenagonzolas6302]

They didn’t do anything for it!

[@christineamclearly-halton1581]

I hope that the fisherman call for rescuers to help the little whale . So sad someone would put a harness on the beautiful creature and leave it, and what happens as it out grows the harness each day . Poor baby. Please give a follow up as to know he’ll be ok . 💔

[@pipodedown1986]

Im pretty sure this is Hvaldimir, after this video his harness was removed and he lived in a Norwegian harbour for a while.

[@erlend6338]

Phil Bel yeah, he’s still around there till this day. Shame the Russians used him for shit like that

[@delukxy]

In the video about him at Hammerfest the girl said they had put a camera on him with a harness to find out if he was actually catching any fish. That video only a couple of months after this. I don't know where this video was filmed. Didn't see a camera on him but they might have just clipped that on and off. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKCnnJqYndugqbM

[@titter3648]

It's a trained Russian military whale. You can see it coming up with its mouth open all the time expecting to get feed like its trainers wold do.

[@peace-to-the-world]

paranoic

[@lucyfox8298]

How do you know it's russian?

[@AceMcMoron]

Wankel Motor You are a trained red-baited neocon bot.

[@titter3648]

@@AceMcMoron If that is what makes you happy i am not going to take away your fantasy world.

[@AceMcMoron]

@@titter3648 Fantasy world? Russian military whale? Ring a bell? No? ROFL ROFL

[@deshanaewilliams2464]

He is trained. You have to get in that water next time

[@Will-wu4xh]

Arctic water won’t be very pleasant to be swimming in lol

[@cahillgreg]

Shush now Deshanae

[@MegaKainman]

I kept saying you have to get in the water from the the beginning of the video which the whale still had the harness on at the end

[@davidrosado9642]

Put on wetsuit,jump into water and cut off the damn thing! Belugas are docile. Especially this one.

[@beenaatlee8020]

Trained to do what?

[@aquastar4336]

...but you didnt remove the harness?

[@JupiterSEO]

maybe re-title this video?"

[@greenthumb1658]

I was waiting and waiting ... when will they remove it? And they didnt! Unsatisfying video.

[@howardsmith9342]

He acts like he's expecting a fishy treat. Somebody's been training him.

[@babybunnies]

Radio Camada International, you need to change the HEADING/TITLE of this video!! Professional journalist write accurate information and this is certainly NOT one of them. Convey the correct nformation to what this video is about..geesh!!

[@harbar3000]

Cancel Justin Blackface Trudeau.

[@xstrange_potret]

This not trap but beluga equipment,,for insert a camera

[@DawnSousa-oh8pe]

Why do humans think that they have more rights to be on this planet than any other living creature on Earth?!!

[@luciag.suberviola1364]

Because humans are the only ones who can think about having rights or not having them.

[@r.r-vr4684]

Yeap...humans...the destroyer!!!...kills N made so many messed up on anything in this world!!!

[@keithreeder]

Christianity.

[@juliew1426]

@@keithreeder Christianity didn't help. Neither did any "organized" religion. Men created gods in their own image and wrote books about prophets, then proceeded to create their own system of right & wrong according to these "holy" books, which they interpreted to suit their own needs. I HATE organized religion. It is the creator of war, misogyny, child abuse, animal abuse....every evil you can imagine.

[@DawnSousa-oh8pe]

@Khaboob Norma-Getz-Off REALLY?! BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF HUMAN BEINGS THAT I HAVE COME ACROSS (in particular, democrats, progressives, liberals - all fucking hypocrites, possess less than plant life intelligence.

[@MarinoTarot]

NEW TITLE: "Norwegian fisherman TRY to remove harness from beluga whale ... but fail as he swims out of reach every time" :)

[@user-re7eu9hq6r]

A harness put on these beautiful animals is criminal!!! Another one of Mother earths creatures used and abused!

[@brokenstrenght]

Come on....u would still be in the dark ages if nobody would have trained a horse, camel or a donkey.. Its not so much about mother earth you should worry but what father God has to say.

[@challenger3]

@ You are most likely correct, Hvaldimir is believed to be tained by the Russians and being used as a sort of "spy", but he's doing fine now just swimming around Norway and catching fish.

[@verahogan8086]

@ ....and all those reasons to no good, I mean, the various reasons. I'm not anti-russian, but against what they do - they do no good to the outside world around them.

[@gachastudioforlife6458]

Oh shut up the beluga was trained to wear it you jackass!?

[@walkingshadow6029]

Bruh its trained

[@techserve4453]

That's a secret military project most likely due to the harness design and fit.

[@johntaylor2337]

This is clearly a military training harness.

[@beenaatlee8020]

For what kind military work is that?

[@techserve4453]

@@beenaatlee8020 Top secret I can not tell you.

[@beenaatlee8020]

@@techserve4453 sea mine detector?👀 russ in norvăk no relate

[@techserve4453]

Nathalia Tampubolon I’m sorry this is just a whale 🐳

[@TP-vp1bj]

It is disappointing, the harness was not removed!

[@aprilsflower1622]

Wtf? Did the person who post the video, watch the video? How cruel to have a harness on that beautiful animal. Shame on you!!!!

[@laurafedora5385]

Colleen Anderson they didn’t put the harness on it. This was a Russian military trained whale that escaped. They are trying to help it get the harness off

[@kasperknutsen8283]

They were the saviours you idiot😂😂😂

[@beenaatlee8020]

What kind of training uses fish? 👀

[@siriusvonboudica5243]

Russian Navy trained whale. They’re used to search out mines or old torpedoes. They did eventually remove the harness. You can google the full story online.

[@babaib3513]

Ok thank u so much .thank u for ur msg

[@lindaway5889]

That poor sweet whale!!!! It makes me want to cry! :-(

[@laurafedora5385]

Linda Way don’t cry! He’s living his best life now! He’s quite a charmer and I just saw a video of him stealing a guys GoPro camera and dropping it to the ocean floor, then retrieving it and giving it back to him lol He’s quite the ham!

[@kongfeet81]

He must have gotten off his leash :3

[@debrajenkins1622]

Love Belugas smiley faces😍

[@Ann-j4y]

Does anyone know why a harness would be on a beluga whale?

[@Groats4u]

They forgot to add the word “can’t”. 🤨

[@mikel87]

Why is there a harness on him anyway

[@pamelalongsmith4240]

Maybe they got it off & didn’t publish it because it might have been Russian surveillance.

[@videoman77365]

The whale said No way I'm not eating my cousin.

[@RedsList]

So, did you accidentally edit out the part where you actually got the harness off?

[@justiceisanillusion5602]

That beluga whale didnt want you guys to steal his new jacket, he just wanted a fish - a good fish, and not that scrappy fish you gave him obviously.

[@rocko.4527]

Title should be Norwegian fishermen tried to take the harness off xD

[@gypsyhayes5954]

Beluga whales are very smart. It’s like it didn’t want them to take it off. Like it’s trained. Very sad what humans do.

[@chriswhite9838]

The title should read: Norwegian fishermen - do not - remove harness from beluga whale.

[@MsHotMess.]

He was asking for fish when he kept opening his mouth, poor Hvaldimir was probably so hungry at this point 😢 I’m glad they brought him some fish!

[@longhair-dontcare9983]

Been to Disneyland, been to Six Flags, been to THREE county fairs. Never got sick till I watched this footage. Please find someone who is not doing anything next time to film this!

[@Belladol1284]

And exactly when did they even try to remove it?

[@paula-yr7pp]

this is a trained whale

[@linettelow]

Beautiful :) He seemed to say "thank you" near the end before swimming off.

[@karlkarlsson9126]

Sry no :), it let go of the fish at the end because he wanted something else to eat other then fish. The way he quickly let go of it and swam away is a sign of disappointment.

[@daltonvargas15]

In every corner of youtube, you find this video with the title saying that they removed the harness. Why all this hoax around this beluga?

[@hectorkeezy1499]

They should give a Herring , when it so obviously wanted a treat. You could see, it was trained, and used to interaktion with humans.

[@edgexedgamertag1680]

Bro... "Obvi-ously" and " , " and "interaktion". Let me try... (You could see it was trained and used to human interaction. They should have given it a herring, it obviously wanted a treat.) Although your grammer could be changed, I kept it so you could compare the difference.

[@lucasdurval3484]

@@edgexedgamertag1680 I love how you typed "grammer" while correcting someone else's grammar.

[@edgexedgamertag1680]

@@lucasdurval3484 I tried so soo hard to look for an error before I posted it but for you, I'll leave it up. 😭

[@edgexedgamertag1680]

@@lucasdurval3484 still you can't tell me that didn't bother you at all? Although, grammar and spelling are two different things.🤔

[@firewaterbydesign]

He's a right cheeky little fella!

[@michi24580]

wtf, when did they removed it?

[@EdyIggs9790]

So gentle and beautiful beluga. Why people is so hurtful? Thanks for helping this little guy

[@rossf5945]

How did they help it you idiot.

[@OsoMarie9300]

Beluga whales are so friendly.

[@rjuttemeijer]

The poor Beluga was simply waiting for a snack.

[@BMG_RN]

Please stop hating this video the whale is trained Russian spy and has good care that's why the harness can fit and its comfortable and lives at sea I think and I think they take it off when he is done training so yeah :D

[@BMG_RN]

Oh boy he is now free guys :D

[@PureVikingPowers]

Poor Hvaldimir never wanted to be a Russian spy all he wants it to play and he loves to play i have met him he is really smart!

[@ronjacobe]

I'm glad I kept forwarding. At least I did not completely waste my time. Just like the many comments here, nope, they did not remove the harness in the video. Maybe they did after, but not in this video.

[@cyrilpeter1958]

Girls Your Bras are safe with these guys

[@XANDRE.]

OMFG BEST COMMENT EVER!!!! BAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

[@whosregis]

Hahaha

[@ce1581]

😆😂❣️

[@Elfin4]

So they are obviously still there feeding the whale as they didn't get to remove the harness. However, the harness has been removed as the whale has been sited in Norwegian harbours.

[@Kaptain.Obvious]

Why is this whale harnessed to begin with? There can be no good explanation. When did they 'remove the harness'?

[@curlybrownk9]

The whale is use to people, the men aren't fisherman, and the harness is for attaching research equipment, to study beluga behavior. No harnesses were hurt during the making of this video.

[@challenger3]

Still sad to see the Russians forcefully training Belugas for military reasons.

[@joelcabrera2498]

your title is deceptive, nothing was removed

[@ariag.8745]

Animal communication 101: send a clear image in your mind if taking the harness off. Then the beluga knows your intention. Does anyone know how a wild beluga came to have a harness on? Jacque Cousteau is rolling over in his grave!!

[@cl1cka]

Dunno, to me it seems that a man that use explosives on the Ocean floor to make the creatures move around so he can film them, won't be too bothered :D

[@bryankerr69]

That whale is nicknames Hvaldimir. The harness was eventually taken off.

[@thecellm8tube]

New title: Norwegian fisherwomen doing fuck all!

[@elainepearman2309]

I hate it when people move the camera around so much causes you to become dizzy and then don't do what was advertised.

[@Crystal-be9ze]

Click bait, how could you leave that harness on that poor whale?! That was most definitely put on by a human being intentionally, there’s no way it was an accident

[@BMG_RN]

Trained whale that's a spy

[@blazer4999]

If you think that was a long 7 minutes, you should see the video of the team trying to put the harness on the Beluga in the first place 😁

[@titania145]

Heaven's men, get in there and cut it already !

[@eugenescheepers2728]

Why do I get angry when I see videos like this? Because its bloody clickbait. I ONLY watch these videos if they have a good outcome and this one does not. This video gets a thumbs down from me.

[@shaunlowekey4525]

I wonder if a country or an individual done this to this beautiful animal.

[@AshLoRo]

That was clearly put on him. Why would anybody do that??. I'm genuinely asking?.... what was the purpose?

[@laurafedora5385]

Ash He didn’t put it on himself 😊 he has an interesting story, they believe he was a Russian military trained whale (I think he’d swim around with video cameras etc). They are trying to take it off him

[@RonRay]

Did they *REMOVE* the harness *AFTER* this video...?

[@BMG_RN]

He is a Russian spy so maybe after

[@maynunal]

I smell a spy whale!!!

[@dinh71]

RCI, did you actually watched this entire video before posting and titling it? I'm actually surprised you even have any subscribers given your dishonest click bait tactic.

[@CaliKiwi-]

Norwegian fishermen don’t “help” whales! They are too busy exterminating them!!!

[@timl4257]

How did it have a harness on it? It's not someone's pet. Seems quite friendly surprisingly. Are they usually in these waters in Norway?

[@hamesparde9888]

It was probably a possibly escaped Russian military asset.

[@hamesparde9888]

People gave it the name Hvaldimir.

[@cndns2]

Misleading. The harness was not removed.

[@rsuriyop]

These fishermen must see belugas on a regular basis. Not much of a reaction from them when a beluga happened to casually swim up to their boat. Whereas if it was almost anyone else they would be like, "WOW! Omg look at that! This is sooo unbelievable!"

[@Ficktao]

Unfortunately I have no choice but to down vote due to the misleading title.

[@fmills1583]

Norwegian fishermen - check, harness - check, beluga whale - check... Remove? not so much.

[@melaniecain9228]

Is there an updated version to this ? If not this is clickbait !

[@pdavis7286]

www.youtube.com/@onewhale4967

[@ioleromeo919]

Che SCHIFO !!!!! Perché il Beluga è stato letteralmente costretto con quelle Cinghie che lo soffocheranno ?????

[@branjosnow6244]

How did it get on there in the first place? Is there someone on the coastline with a broken leash screaming "flipper!"

[@user-fv2kw5fw1l]

Who wore a harness to this beluga in the first place? For what?

[@tjmmcd1]

You think that perfectly fitting harness was on it by accident? I bet it escaped from some Rockefeller lab and the assholes were trying to leash it and drag it back.

[@gordonbricker1670]

He really wants a treat!

[@kennyfenny4754]

It was probably once a GPS tracking device. The harness will rot away and break off after time.

[@rashaunleach4063]

lol bro said I’m gone yall gotta get better smacks

[@amirzynn7027]

Its not a cruel world its just cruel human..

[@plica06]

We all need to give this video a thumbs down due to misleading us.

[@bolletjebruin7678]

what do you mean :Norwegian fishermen remove harness from beluga whale ??

[@RookieRookie-wm5fi]

They did remove the harness but this isn’t the video showing that they did remove the harness

[@rennierad]

Terribly sad,thank you for trying.

[@chichichi998]

The harness wasn't removed. And it needs to be removed!

[@lauranazco]

Is there a part II to this video?

[@DivineMizE]

it might have had a radio transmitter that fell off.

[@jamiecash6985]

Nets should be marked to each fisherman that uses them to see who is been reckless and killing these majestic creatures

[@ShowTheReal]

This video said they removed the damn harness, he was begging them to....... 😤

[@user-pm5qq2kx9r]

How the harness was attached there in the 1st place😢? Ist Ocra, then dolphin....rn Beluga? R yall, rich ppl gonna capture weaker humans 2 b on display later? Sick minds sia...

[@stevebird9764]

Who in the hell put that thing on that beautiful creature?

[@roniacuff1323]

They make the fuckin thing tighter by givin him all those damn fish....

[@Lipstick76]

I ALWAYS scroll slowly, all the way to the end first, to see if content is true to its title before I let it waste my time.