Walrus

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Walrus Facts

Walruses are pinnipeds. Pinni means wing or fin and pedismeans foot. Seals and sea lions are also pinnipeds. Walruses are the largest pinnipeds in the Arctic and Subarctic areas. They like to live in shallow water by ice floes or land. Their habitat is the entire polar basin.

There are two types of walrus – the Pacific and the Atlantic. There are more pacific walrus than Atlantic.The walrus weighs more. Adult males will often weigh near two tons and the females are over one ton. The walrus skin is very wrinkly.

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