Two walruses which have visited Northumberland in just over a year are not the first of their kind to draw the crowds in the North East.
Thor turned up last week at Blyth and Freya appeared at Seahouses in November 2021 - a year in which Wally also put in appearances in Wales and Cornwall.
But in the 1830s a walrus created a stir when it went on show as a main attraction in a Newcastle museum. The animal was on show at the Hancock Museum – now the Great North Museum – until 1891 but what happened to it after that date is a mystery.
