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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!
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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.
24 lis 2022 · From December to March, male walrus erupt into song, making all sorts of strange noises under water, including knocks, barks, taps, clicks, rasps, grunts and bellows. Some males sing continuously for up to 65 hours!
2. A male walrus can weigh over a tonne. 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.
18 lis 2009 · A large, male Atlantic walrus rests with his tusks dug into the sand in Alaska's Togiak National Wildlife Refuge. Walrus tusks are multitaskers, used to grip the i...Read More ---.
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.
Walruses are extremely sociable animals, living in large herds of up to thousands in number, mainly females with their young, and some dominant males. Male walruses fight with their tusks to compete for females and establish dominance.
