18 November 2019 1 Min Read

Rugby-playing Beluga whale loves Boks. But is it foul play?

in News / South Africa by Bobby Jordan
A diver receives the rugby ball from the Beluga in a screengrab from the video that was posted on Facebook last week.
Image: Tromso Harbour webcam\Facebook video screengrab, Alon Kowen
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The Springboks’ most remote fan is also the most mysterious – a former Russian “spy” whale with an ability to fetch floating rugby balls.

But it turns out there’s a veil of secrecy over the origin of a video of the Beluga whale playing with the SA crew of an ocean research expedition.

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