Ever since an Arctic walrus, the size of a cow, was spotted resting on rocks on the Pembrokeshire coast, there have been some questions over its gender.
It seemed a walrus had never been so lost and perhaps inevitably it was dubbed "Wally" and henceforth declared a male.
By the time Wally became firmly established on the RNLI slipway in Tenby, it was still unclear if he was a male or female because no one would dare to get close enough to find out.
As it happened, Wally had been first spotted on Valentia Island off the Kerry coast of Ireland a week before he arrived in Wales and he had a name to suit whichever gender he turned out to be.
Five-year-old Muireann Houlihan, who was on a walk with her father, stumbled across the walrus on March 15. While she told Irish radio she'd given the walrus the name Isabelle or Cian, depending on its gender, unkinder souls on social media called him Wally. On Twitter the inevitable cries of "Where's Wally?" were being posted.
The Irish Whale and Dolphin group (IWDG) decided the walrus was a young adult, but couldn't tell if it was male or female, as both have tusks.
By March 21, Wally had made the 450km journey to Pembrokeshire, where experts still wondered if he was a he or a she. As the story of a walrus in Wales spread across the UK, the mammal was described as both a "magnificent female" and a "cheeky chappy".
But there is unequivocal evidence that Wally is indeed a male following his latest foray to France. Lounging on a jetty in Les Sables-d'Olonne, a seaside town on the Bay of Biscay, Wally literally let all hang out.
Soaking up the continental sunshine, Wally's impressive manhood was on display for all to see. And he wasn't too proud to show it off. He is, without question, a very well-endowed male walrus.
The latest reports of Wally's adventures further south suggest he is in a state of stress after a "shock with a boat".
The RSPCA said that no walrus had ever been spotted so far south in British waters. A walrus was previously sighted in Scotland in May 2018 - the first time such a beast had been seen on the British mainland in 54 years.
Ellie West, the RSPCA animal rescue officer who raced to the scene, said: "I think it's most likely it is from Greenland stock although unfortunately they don't come with a birth certificate. In their natural habitat, walruses spend a lot of time asleep on the ice pack and as we all know the ice pack is breaking up. Somehow it has gone south and not stopped."
