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Walrus
The Walrus is distributed along the coasts in the North Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean.
It is found along both the East and West Coast of Greenland. The walrus is a large and
heavy animal, which attains lengths of 2.5-3.5 meters, and can weigh 700-1500 kg. Males
are bigger than the females. The walrus possesses two external tusks, which among other
things are used for fighting and display among males, and when the female defends her young.
The primary food is clams, which the walrus presumably suck out of their shelves with remarkably
efficiency. The female reaches sexual maturity around the age of 8 years, and the male around the
age of 10 years. The Walrus can live to be at least 40 years old.
Projects on whalrusses by The Department of Arctic Environmnet:
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