actions of the squad leader. All the landing participants safely reached the shore." ...Walruses Have Attacked And Sunk a Russian Navy Boat in The Arctic
In a kind of odd man-versus-nature moment, a Russian navy boat was attacked and sunk by a walrus during an expedition in the Arctic, the Barents Observer reported Monday.
The Altai, a tugboat of the Russian navy's Northern Fleet, sailed to the Franz Josef Land archipelago in the Arctic carrying researchers from the Russian Geographical Society.
"The polar latitudes are fraught with many dangers," the research group posted in a recent press update.
One of those dangers is apparently walruses, a monstrously large animal that can weigh up to a few thousand pounds and can be quite ferocious when threatened.
To get ashore from the Altai, the researchers and other expedition participants had to rely on smaller landing craft.
During one landing, the "group of researchers had to flee from a female walrus, which, while protecting its cubs, attacked an expedition boat," the Northern Fleet said.
The navy added that "serious troubles were avoided thanks to the clear and well-coordinated actions of the Northern Fleet service members, who were able to take the boat away from the animals without harming them." ...
The Barents Observer reports that a drone was being operated in close proximity to the walruses. It is unclear if this is what triggered the aggression.
While the Russian military makes no mention of any equipment losses, the Geographical Society had a bit more to say on what happened.
"Walruses attacked the participating boat," the research group explained. "The boat sank, but the tragedy was avoided thanks to the clear
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They didn’t see that coming.
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I am the walrus.Beware the walruses ... The headline is a bit exaggerated, insofar as it was apparently an inflatable dinghy that was sunk (but recovered?) ...
actions of the squad leader. All the landing participants safely reached the shore." ...
SOURCE: https://www.sciencealert.com/a-walrus-attacked-and-managed-to-sink-a-russian-navy-boat-in-the-arctic
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(Cat lovers already knew this, but now we have scientific evidence.)
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Walrus sinks Russian Navy boat in the Arctic Ocean
By Rory Sullivan and Darya Tarasova, CNN
Updated at 1524 GMT (2324 HKT) September 24, 2019
The ship, an inflatable landing boat, was sunk by a walrus
Maybe he's learned a valuable lesson from this?
That gave me a good laugh!
.. still not as good as
Splendid. It was Sherbs who found it.That gave me a good laugh!
Why the titanium teeth? The article doesn't mention them.Hurricane, a Secret Service dog who protected President Barack Obama and his family from a White House intruder flew to the UK with his trainer to receive a PDSA medal yesterday for devotion to duty. The black Belgian Malinois has been fitted with titanium teeth.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/wor...obama-from-white-house-intruder-a4254761.html
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He's a good boy yesheisyesheis ...Hurricane, a Secret Service dog who protected President Barack Obama and his family from a White House intruder flew to the UK with his trainer to receive a PDSA medal yesterday for devotion to duty. The black Belgian Malinois has been fitted with titanium teeth.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/wor...obama-from-white-house-intruder-a4254761.html
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Holy crap. That is BAD ASS.It's standard practice to install titanium replacement teeth on military guard dogs whose natural teeth have been damaged or lost in training or in the line of duty.
They should just give all military dogs a set of titanium gnashers. And fricking laser beams on their fricking heads.It's standard practice to install titanium replacement teeth on military guard dogs whose natural teeth have been damaged or lost in training or in the line of duty.
They should just give all military dogs a set of titanium gnashers. And fricking laser beams on their fricking heads.
Yeah - why should the sharks have all the action?They should just give all military dogs a set of titanium gnashers. And fricking laser beams on their fricking heads.