"I Am The Walrus," our new guest may or may not have announced as he floated towards Valentia Island in Co. Kerry atop an iceberg.
Despite current Covid-19 restrictions, Ireland received a new visitor over the weekend in the form of a walrus who is thought to have fallen asleep on an iceberg before being carried across the Atlantic Ocean to Valentia Island. It's reportedly the first confirmed sighting of a walrus on these shores and since we're on the land of 'céad míle fáilte', naturally Irish people have reached out the arm of friendship to the weary traveller.
It's not often that people can relate to the plight of a lost walrus but that's exactly what's happened over on Twitter...
https://twitter.com/CiaranOConn0r/status/1371256905151176704
https://twitter.com/aoifemarieor/status/1371411517741105153
https://twitter.com/OSullivanJennie/status/1371181655398965248
https://twitter.com/KevDoyle_Indo/status/1371223368557596678
https://twitter.com/BigDirtyFry/status/1371268692995084292
https://twitter.com/IWDGnews/status/1371216552805142536
Yep, we've all been there buddy. Let's hope our new friend can return safely to his family sooner rather than later. In the meantime, the Irish Whale & Dolphin Group have asked that people 'observe this wayward traveler from a safe distance and to give it the space it requires and submit any subsequent sightings to the IWDG sighting scheme.'
Members of the public can do so via
this link.
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