A Walrus Sank A Russian Navy Boat

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CBS News: A walrus defending her cubs sank a Russian Navy boat in the Arctic Ocean

Humans have long known that it's inadvisable to mess with Mother Nature. And, as a group of researchers from the Russian Geographical Society just learned, it's also apparently inadvisable to mess with a mother walrus.

The scientists were aboard a Russian Navy tugboat known as the Altai on an expedition to the Franz Josef Land archipelago in the Arctic Ocean this week right before the unusual human-animal interaction occurred. They boarded a small rubber landing craft and were en route to the shore to study its flora and fauna when a female walrus attacked, sinking the vessel.

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WNU Editor: It must have been a small boat.

More News On Reports That A Walrus Sank A Russian Navy Boat

Walrus sinks Russian Navy boat in the Arctic Ocean -- CNN
A Walrus 'Defending Her Cubs' Just Sank a Russian Navy Boat in the Arctic Ocean -- Newsweek
Russian navy boat sinks in Arctic Sea after walrus attack: reports -- FOX News
Russian navy boat 'sinks' after walrus attack during Arctic expedition -- The Independent
A Russian navy boat was reportedly attacked and sunk by a walrus in the Arctic -- Task & Purpose/Business Insider