Walrus

The walrus with its iconic mustache and tusks, which it uses to haul its enormous body onto the ice, can be up to 11.5 feet long and weigh up to 2 tons. The walrus is usually found near the arctic circle with hundreds of its companions around also know as a herd. these animals are extremely sociable bellowing and snorting to each other across the ice but they are not always so playful like one might see in a movie such as 50 first dates or in an aquarium, around mating season they become very territorial and hostile, that is where their long tusks come in again. another use th walrus has for its tusks is to poke holes in the ice from bellow while on one of thier fishing trips. the walrusses diet primarily consists of shell fish and they hunt by using their sesative whiskers as ditection devises.

The walrus is a very large animal and one that is believed to have evolved millions of years ago from a land dwelling creature. There are some clues that have been uncovered but still plenty that is unknown. the origin of the walrus is quite sketchy based on fossiles and DNA testing they might have been related to early bears. They are also very closely related to seals. The difference is that the walrus grows tusks and seals don’t. Another animal that the walrus could be related to is the Saber Tooth Tiger. This is based on the fact that their jaws (including tuscks) are so similar.

The walrus is curently an endangered species now only native americans are allowed to hunt these animals. because of the value their tusks, oil skin, and meat had walruses were hunted to extinction in the 18th and 19th centurys in many parts of the world.