Walrus found in Ireland might have wandered along coast while asleep on iceberg

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    Undated handout photo of five year old Muireann Houlihan with the walrus she spotted along the coast of Valentia Island, Co Kerry, believed to have drifted over to Ireland from the Arctic. Issue date: Monday March 15, 2021. PA Photo. See PA story SOCIAL Walrus. Photo credit should read: Alan Houlihan/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

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    Muireann Houlihan, 5, found the walrus along the coast of Valentia Island, and rapidly ended up being taken with it (Picture: PA)

    A five-year-old lady and her daddy were left ‘mind blown’ when she found a big walrus that is thought to have actually dosed its method to Ireland from the Arctic.

    Alan Houlihan and his young child Muireann were strolling along the coast of Valentia Island, County Kerry, when she found the exceptionally uncommon huge mammal. The child was really taken with her brand-new buddy and has actually been drawing images of it and developing possible names.

    Mr Houlihan stated a marine biologist informed him the walrus might have dropped off to sleep on an iceberg and wandered down to the Irish coast prior to the set made just the 3rd sighting of its kind in more than 20 years.

    Muireann’s father described: ‘The size of the important things was huge. It was the size of a huge bull.

    ‘He disappeared into the sea for a while and he then came back and put himself on a rock for a good couple of hours. It was fantastic.’

    Muireann has actually come to 2 prospective names for the walrus after her amazing discover: Isabelle for a lady, and Cian for a kid.

    Mr Houlihan included: ‘She went house last night and she was drawing images of walruses. It was so cute.

    Undated handout photo of five year old Muireann Houlihan with the walrus she spotted along the coast of Valentia Island, Co Kerry, believed to have drifted over to Ireland from the Arctic. Issue date: Monday March 15, 2021. PA Photo. See PA story SOCIAL Walrus. Photo credit should read: Alan Houlihan/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

    Muireann has actually chosen to call the Walrus Isabelle if it is a lady, and Cian if it is a kid (Picture: PA)

    ‘We are in lockdown so the kids have gone back to school today for the first time, so it made things a bit easier for them to go back in today with a news story.’

    The Irish Whale and Dolphin group (IWDG) approximates the walrus to be a young person however it is not possible to identify the gender as both males and women have tusks.

    The organisation composed on social networks that this was just the 3rd verified sighting of a walrus in Ireland given that 1999.

    It stated: ‘The National Biodiversity Data Centre has 11 walrus records however the Natural History Museum recommend this number might be as high as 20 returning over numerous centuries. Either method, walrus sightings here are exceptionally uncommon.

    Undated handout photo of the walrus that was spotted by five year old Muireann Houlihan along the coast of Valentia Island, Co Kerry, believed to have drifted over to Ireland from the Arctic. Issue date: Monday March 15, 2021. PA Photo. See PA story SOCIAL Walrus. Photo credit should read: Alan Houlihan/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

    The Walrus is thought to have actually wandered over to Ireland from the Arctic (Picture: PA)

    ‘Previous walrus sightings verified by IWDG are from April 3, 1999, near Old Head, Clew Bay, Co Mayo, and October 5, 2004, from Mulranny, likewise in Clew Bay.

    ‘In mid-February, a walrus was photographed off the Danish coast and contrasts of images expose the possibility that they might be the very same person.

    ‘We would ask members of the public fortunate enough to see it to observe this wayward traveller from a safe distance and to give it the space it requires.’

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