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Walrus

HABITAT:

Found in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans around the Arctic Circle.

DESCRIPTION:

They are from 2.7 to 3.6 m in length and weigh 800 to 1,700 kg. Males are larger than females, with both males and females having massive bodies with thick, wrinkled, hairy, brownish skin that becomes nearly hairless with age. They have broad, bristled muzzles, and enormous upper canine teeth forming heavy tusks. The tusks, about 1 m. long in some males. They are used as weapons in fighting and as hooks when climbing on the ice by the walrus.

THREATS:

Excessive hunting for their blubber and tusks.

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