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A naturalist was left astounded after taking a once-in-a-lifetime photograph of a bewildered seal in the mouth of a humpback whale after the 40-ton marine mammal accidentally swallowed it.

HELSINKI — A white beluga whale named “Hvaldimir,” first spotted in Norway not far from Russian waters with a harness that ignited rumors he may be a Moscow spy, has been found dead.

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In 1971, scientists Roger Payne and Douglas Webb first suggested that baleen whales may travel in highly diffuse herds, communicating with other whales in their pack across long distances.

The country’s main whaling company has released images showing the first fin whale caught commercially by its fleet in almost 50 years before it was butchered and sent home for consumption.

The male whale, which was harpooned and killed by a smaller vessel on August 1, was 19.61 metres (64.3 feet) long and weighed at least 55 tonnes, he told AFP. Four more have been caught since.