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General Category => Idle Chat => Topic started by: Stop Reading My Name on August 16, 2008, 04:37:52 PM
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And talk to you about walruses.
The walrus 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 found in the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Walrus found in the Pacific Ocean, and O. rosmarus laptevi, found in the Laptev Sea.
The walrus is immediately recognizable due to its prominent tusks, whiskers and great bulk. Adult Pacific males can weigh up to 4,500 lb (2,041 kg), and, among pinnipeds, are exceeded in size only by the two species of elephant seals. It resides primarily in shallow oceanic shelf habitat, spending a significant proportion of its life on sea ice in pursuit of its preferred diet of benthic bivalve mollusks. It is a relatively long-lived, social animal and is considered a keystone species in Arctic marine ecosystems.
And now you know.
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When the Walrus king comes around you will see his magical light shine down on all of us. This is the word of the walrus, and this is how people are made.
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Bipolar Penguins will only eat deep fat fried kittens.