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The walrus palate is uniquely vaulted, enabling effective suction; researchers measured pressures in the oral cavity as low as -87.9 kPa in air, and -118.8 kPa underwater. [78] Walruses at the Tierpark Hagenbeck were easily able to suck the five-pound metal plug out of the bottom of their pool, at a water depth of 1.1 metres. [79]
The 34 extant species of Pinnipedia are split into 22 genera within 3 families: Odobenidae, comprising the walrus; Otariidae, the eared seals, split between the sea lions and fur seals; and Phocidae, the earless or true seals.
Odobenidae is a family of pinnipeds, of which the only extant species is the walrus (Odobenus rosmarus). In the past, however, the group was much more diverse, and includes more than a dozen fossil genera.
The Pacific walruses are back in their habitat and can be viewed by guests starting today. The zoo announced last week in a clip shared to Facebook that the walrus exhibit would reopen on July 1 ...
Freya the walrus has shot to fame as she travels the coast of Norway, feeding on marine life and sinking boats in Oslo's harbors. Norway is obsessed with Freya, the walrus who rose to fame while ...
A walrus first spotted off the coast of County Kerry in Ireland in mid-March was seen resting on a slipway on March 31 on the coast of Tenby, Wales.The walrus, affectionately referred to as Wally ...
The skins of fur seals and phocids are made into coats, and the tusks of walruses have been used as ivory. [167] There is a distinction made between the subsistence hunting of seals by indigenous peoples of the Arctic and commercial hunting: subsistence hunters depend on seal products for survival. [168]
Articles relating to Walruses (Odobenus rosmarus), with their uses and depictions in human culture. The species represents a large pinniped marine mammal with discontinuous distribution about the North Pole in the Arctic Ocean and subarctic seas of the Northern Hemisphere. It is the only extant species in the family Odobenidae and genus Odobenus.