Noun
- Large Arctic marine mammal (Odobenus rosmarus), related to seals and having long tusks, tough, wrinkled skin, and four flippers.
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...The walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) is a large flippered marine mammal with a discontinuous circumpolar distribution in the Arctic Ocean and sub-Arctic seas of the Northern Hemisphere. The walrus is the only living species in the Odobenidae family and Odobenus genus. It is subdivided into three subspecies: the Atlantic Walrus (O. rosmarus rosmarus) found in the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Walrus (O. rosmarus divergens) found in the Pacific Ocean, and O. rosmarus laptevi, found in the Laptev Sea. Read full entry
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- 1.Walrus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- The walrus is the only living species in the Odobenidae family and Odobenus genus. ... The now archaic English word for walrus—morse—is widely supposed to have come ...
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alrus
- 2.Walrus
- Facts and quotes about this pinniped from the Smithsonian Institution.
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Can anyone tell me how to make I have to do a sock puppet for
my son's book report. I know
what a walrus looks like, but
I am unsure on how to make it
a sock puppet. Any ideas or
suggestions would be awesome!
Thanks.
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maybe a brown sock with googly eyes or felt eyes ,two small, black buttons for nostrils. Black yarn or thread for whiskers, and you could cut the cotton off of one end of some white q-tips for tusks. And thenpoke them through the sock ad fasten with thread inside. I havent tried this, but thought maybe it might work to resemble a walrus. |
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How to clean knife made of I've got a couple of knives
with walrus tusk handles and
sheaths that have been sitting
on a shelf for a few years and
they have gotten dusty. What
is the best way to clean the
ivory?
The sheaths are walrus tusk
too rather than leather.
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Cleaning and Repairing Ivory http://www.uniclectica.com/con serva/ivory3.html Caring for Antique Ivory http://www.canequest.com/clean ing_ivory.asp Cleaning Antique Ivory http://www.associatedcontent.c om/article/37053/cleaning_anti que_ivory.html Webpage article about caring for Ivory http://www.sparklz.com/info/iv ory.htm |
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How can I tell a sea lion from I recently went to the
aquarium, it was fun but I was
hoping to see some walruses
(walri?). Then my mom and I
saw this sign which said "our
female walruses are being
tested for pregnancy, once one
test comes back positive we
will bring some males in!" My
mom said female walruses do
not have tusks like the male
does...so does that mean one
of the sea lions or seals we
saw was actually a female
walrus?
And if a dolphin is a mammal,
and all mammals have hair,
then where do dolphins have
hair? I know whales have those
bristly things where the teeth
should be in any other mammal,
but dolphins obviously have
teeth, and where a whale has a
fine coating of tiny hairs all
over, a dolphin seems to have
none at all.
Thanks in advance!
Yeah I didn't think the sea
lions were actually walruses
but...then where are they?
My guess qould be that since
they are trying to get them
pregnant they have them put
away...
But how do you get them
pregnant WITHOUT the males?
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Second question first: Actually, the whale's hair isn't the baleen. Some whales have mustaches, and almost all have very short hairs that end at the outer layer of skin. Those bumps on humpback whales? Those are its hair follicles. Dolphins do have hair, but again, the hair ends at the skin. The follicle doesn't hold the root very tightly, so water moving across the skin yanks out the hair. Some dolphins are born with hair resembling a mustache or beard. First question: No, the sea lions you saw were not actually female walruses. Walruses are HUGE, ugly, and have mustaches (females and males both). And they do have tusks. http://www.allposters.com/-sp/ A-Female-Walrus-Nuzzles-Her-In fant-Posters_i1009263_.htm As for sea lions: They're smaller, and much thinner, and have more streamlined bodies. http://www.psych.ualberta.ca/~ varn/Galapagos/sea_lions.html |
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