Walrus leaves Arctic comfort zone for snooze on Dutch submarine

Walruses normally live in the polar regions – several hundred miles north. This particular animal is one of at least two of the species that have been seen far from their Arctic habitat.

 Another wandering walrus, seen off the Scilly Islands, France, Spain and West Cork, Ireland, has since been sighted back in Icelandic waters. 

 Freya, as the animal has been named, is the first of her species to visit the Netherlands in 23 years.

 She was spotted snoozing on a submarine in the naval port of Den Helder by Jeroen Hoekendijk, a Dutch scientist specialising in marine mammals.

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