The walrus is straight away recognized by its famous tusks, whiskers and great size. Adult Pacific males can weigh up to 4,500 pounds which is nearly two thousand kg and, among pinnipeds, are exceeded in dimension only by the two species of elephant seals. It resides first and foremost in low oceanic shelf habitat. It is also known to spend a noteworthy proportion of its life on sea ice in pursuit of its favored diet of benthic bivalve mollusks. It is a matter of fact that it is a moderately long lived, social animal and is considered a keystone species in Arctic marine ecosystems.
The walrus plays an important role in the religion and folklore of many Arctic peoples. The skin and bones are used in some ceremonies and the animal itself appears frequently in legends. Because of its distinctive appearance, great bulk and immediately recognizable whiskers and tusks, the walrus also appears in the popular cultures of peoples with little immediate experience with the animal, most often in the literature of most children.
The walrus has played a prominent position in the cultures of many native Arctic peoples. These people were known to hunt the walrus for its animal protein, plump, pelt, tusks and fillet. It was during the19th and early 20th centuries when the walrus was the object of serious profitable utilization for blubber and ivory and its numbers declined quickly. Its global population has since rebounded, though the Atlantic and Laptev populations remain fragmented and at historically depressed levels.
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It is a matter of fact worth mentioning that the walrus is a big flippered marine mammal with an irregular circumpolar sharing in the Arctic Ocean and sub Arctic seas of the Northern Hemisphere. The walrus is the only existing species in the Odobenidae family and Odobenus genus. It has to be noted that Walrus is basically subdivided into three breed. The three breed in which Walrus is subdivided is the Atlantic Walrus found in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Walrus found in the Pacific Ocean.
It is a matter of fact worth mentioning that the walrus is a big flippered marine mammal with an irregular circumpolar sharing in the Arctic Ocean and sub Arctic seas of the Northern Hemisphere. The walrus is the only existing species in the Odobenidae family and Odobenus genus. It has to be noted that Walrus is basically subdivided into three breed. The three breed in which Walrus is subdivided is the Atlantic Walrus found in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Walrus found in the Pacific Ocean.
