Norwegians have flocked to watch Freya eat, sunbathe and — mostly — sleep on boats for days or weeks at a time. But the boats can’t always support her weight.
Norwegians have flocked to watch the walrus eat, sunbathe and — mostly — sleep on boats for days or weeks at a time in harbors along the country's southeastern coastline. But the boats can’t always support her weight, which Norway's Directorate of Fisheries estimates isEven the sturdiest vessel tips as she clambers aboard, and her preference — rigid inflatable boats that sit low to the water and are easy to board — eventually crumple beneath her.
Walruses typically live in herds in the Arctic, so a lone walrus in the capital Oslo's busy Frognerkilen harbor — some 1,200 miles from Svalbard, where scientists believe she may be from — is an unusual sight.Tor Erik Schrder / AFP - Getty Images file Freya is choosing empty boats on which to sleep and digest her food because they remind her of Arctic ice floes, Kathrine Ryeng, a veterinary medicine scientist at Norway's Institute of Marine Research, told NBC News.
People should give Freya a wide berth and park vessels so they're harder for her to climb into, said Ryeng, who has been advising the Directorate of Fisheries on how to keep Freya, the public and their property safe. The walrus seems to be in good health and is only dangerous if you get too close, especially in the water itself.While nobody has been injured by Freya's antics, she is causing a headache for emergency services and boat owners.
"We have been in contact with the insurance company, and they probably do not cover walrus damage," owner Tuva Schøyen Grue, 20,
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