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Did you know that walruses can change skin colour? Walruses are fascinating, highly sociable marine mammals found in tightly packed groups in the Arctic.
3 mar 2023 · A walrus’s tusks are elongated upper canine teeth. The tusks of a large male walrus can reach lengths of up to 1 m / 3.28 ft. A walrus uses its tusks to make and maintain breathing holes in the ice, and also when hauling its huge body out of the water and onto the ice.
Both male and female walruses grow long tusks, which help them adapt to Arctic life. These massive, marine mammals use their tall tusks like ski poles, digging them into sand, snow and ice to help them haul their enormous bodies out of the freezing ocean waters!
24 lis 2022 · Curious about walrus? Here are some of our all-time favourite facts about these wonderful and quirky Arctic animals. 1. Special whiskers and vacuum lips: Walrus prefer to munch on bivalve molluscs. To find molluscs walrus dive in shallow waters and search the bottom with their highly sensitive whiskers or vibrissae.
Walrus or Polar bear – who Is bigger? With a weight of approximately 1,984 lb (900 kg), the Polar bear is too heavy for any weighing scale. The walrus weighs even more: A grown-up male walrus can get heavier than 3,300 lb (1,500 kg).
Walrus Facts Overview. Habitat: Waters in the Arctic circle. Location: Arctic walrus – Canada, Greenland, Norway and Russia. Pacific Walrus – Between Russia and Alaska from the Bering to the Chukchi Seas, as well as the Laptev Sea. Lifespan: Up to 40 years in the wild.
Male Pacific walruses can reach 3.6 m long and weigh over 1,500kg (that’s 1.5 tonnes!). And big is beautiful – they need fat to stay alive. © naturepl.com / Eric Baccega / WWF
