walrus

REAL NAME:__Walrus__ SCIENTIFIC NAME__:Odobenus__ __Rosmarus__

HABITAT:You'll find them in ice or water RANGE:they are found only in the alantic ocean are PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS:They are all brown with pearly white tusks, just like elephants. HEIGHT AND WEIGHT:They weigh 3,000 pounds and they are 12 feet long. DIET:Walruses are not picky animals they eat alot. They eat fish, shrimp, crab, tube worms, soft coral, tunicate, sea cucumbers, varies types of mollusks, pinnipeds, and clams. BEHAVIOR AND ADAPTATIONS:They use their giant tusks to defend themselves. REPRODUCTION: Walruses give live birth just like people do. RELATIONSHIP TO PEOPLE:Sadly we use walruses for supplies! we use their tusks, their meat, their fat, their skin and their bones. STATUS:walruses are endangered because we kill them for their body parts. HISTORY:Walruses ancestors are elephant seals.