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Ever drift off to sleep on the train, subway, or in a cab and completely miss your stop? Don t worry, you re not the only one in the animal kingdom who gets a bit lost while catching some Zs.
Earlier this month, a walrus was spotted on the western shore of Ireland, a very rare sight. So, how did it get there? According to experts, the animal likely fell asleep on an iceberg somewhere in the Arctic and floated to Ireland during its nap. walrus on ice Credit: Paul Souders/Getty Images I d say what happened is he fell asleep on an iceberg and drifted off and then he was gone too far, out into the mid-Atlantic or somewhere like that down off Greenland possibly, Kevin Flannery, director of Oceanworld Aquarium in Dingle, Co. Kerry, told the Irish Independent. That is usually what happens. they fall asleep on an iceberg and get carried off from the Arctic.
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Kevin Flannery, the director of Oceanworld Aquarium in Dingle, Co. Kerry, told the
Irish Independent the animal may have been carried across the Atlantic Ocean before reaching the rocks on Valentia Island. I d say what happened is he fell asleep on an iceberg and drifted off and then he was gone too far, out into the mid-Atlantic or somewhere like that down off Greenland possibly, he said. That is usually what happens. they fall asleep on an iceberg and get carried off from the Arctic.
The young girl who first spotted the walrus thought to have drifted to Ireland from the Arctic has come up with names for the creature – depending on whether it turns out to be male or female.
The giant walrus the size of a dairy bull landed on the rocks in Valentia Island in an extremely rare appearance of the North Pole species in Ireland.
Local man Alan Houlihan and his five-year-old daughter Muireann spotted it breaching out of the water as they walked along Glanleam Beach on the Kerry island on Sunday morning.
A video taken by Mr Houlihan shows the walrus climbing ashore.
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