For the past week, she has been lounging in the Oslo fjord, damaging a few boats under her 600 kilos in the process: Freya, a young female walrus, is Norway's summer sensation.
Already seen in the UK, the Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden, Freya has chosen to spend part of the summer in Norway.
The presence of the mammal normally living in the even more northern latitudes of the Arctic has aroused the curiosity of the local population and made the headlines of the press.
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Between two big naps - a walrus can sleep up to 20 hours a day - Freya has been filmed hunting a duck, tackling a swan or, more often than not, dozing on boats swaying under her weight.
"Material damage is a shame, but that's how it is when you have wild animals in the wild," explained an official from the Directorate of Fisheries, Rolf Harald Jensen, to the TV2 channel, showing at the same time an unfortunate inflatable boat bending under the weight of the animal.
Authorities ask people to keep their distance
After considering moving Freya for a time, or even euthanizing her if she were to pose a danger to the population, the Norwegian authorities decided to let nature take its course.
“She is well, eating, resting and appears to be in good shape,” the Fisheries Directorate said in a statement on Monday.
But the young walrus is not unanimous.
“Cut down Freya”, launched a biologist, Per Espen Fjeld, in a column published by public radio and television NRK on Monday.
"Freya cost more [to Norwegian society, editor's note] than most other animals that are slaughtered because they do damage, but Freya made a name for herself," he noted.
The authorities, for their part, hammer home the need to keep one's distance and strongly advise against going swimming or kayaking near Freya "who is not necessarily as indolent and awkward as one might think when she is resting".
“A walrus does not normally represent a danger to human beings as long as we stay at a safe distance.
But if it is disturbed by humans and cannot get enough rest, it may feel threatened and attack,” they said.