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Finding a Mate These males can become aggressive with others of their sex during this time and will fight one another with their tusks. Bull walruses have series of different mating calls they use to attract females, including whistling and thumping noises they make underwater.
- What do walruses use their tusks for?
- Why do walruses have whiskers?
- What are vibrissae in walruses?
- How do walruses attract a mate?
- How are walruses adapted to their environment?
- What do walruses do under the ice?
- Are walruses friendly?
- How intelligent is a walrus?
- How can you tell if a walrus is male or female?
- What is walrus whisker?
- How do walruses greet each other?
- Why do walrus eyes pop out?
- Where do Pacific walruses breed?
- Do walruses kiss each other?
What do walruses use their tusks for?
Both male and female walruses have large tusks
They use these tusks to help them haul themselves out of the water and onto sea ice. Their tusks are also used for fighting with other walruses, and defence against predators.
Why do walruses have whiskers?
The whiskers, also known as vibrissae, are attached to muscles and are supplied with blood and nerves, which makes them highly sensitive. Walruses use these sensitive whiskers to locate prey. They hunt with their noses to the sea floor, squirting water out of their nostrils to stir up burrowing prey.
What are vibrissae in walruses?
A walrus's head is square and broad with conspicuous tusks and whiskers. A walrus has about 400 to 700 vibrissae (whiskers) in 13 to 15 rows on its snout. Vibrissae are attached to muscles and are supplied with blood and nerves. ... The tusks of males tend to be longer, straighter, and stouter than those of females.
How do walruses attract a mate?
They will often use their tusks to fight other males in order to establish their claim on a female. They male walruses will also make a screeching noise in order to ward off other males and to attract various females (Walrus Reproduction 2013).
How are walruses adapted to their environment?
To keep warm in the chilly arctic waters, walruses have a thick layer of blubber that can be up to 4 inches thick. To keep their vital organs and core warm, blood will be shunted off from the surface of their skin, making them appear white and pasty.
What do walruses do under the ice?
They use them to haul their enormous bodies out of frigid waters, thus their “tooth-walking” label, and to break breathing holes into ice from below.
Are walruses friendly?
Walruses are the gentle giants of the Arctic. They are among the largest pinnipeds — fin-footed, semiaquatic marine mammals. However, while they have an intimidating size, and are carnivores, these animals are not aggressive.
How intelligent is a walrus?
Walruses live up to around 40 years in the wild. ... Walruses are intelligent animals. Scientists are gathering evidence that the walrus is the most cognitively and socially sophisticated of all pinnipeds. The upper canine teeth of the walrus are known as morse or tusks.
How can you tell if a walrus is male or female?
To distinguish between male and female Pacific walruses, they measured the length and height of the jawbone, the minimum jawbone depth (from about the middle point of the jaw to the back), and jaw thickness.
What is walrus whisker?
Walruses are able to locate buried food thanks to the 400-700 stiff bristles, or vibrissae, which grow on their muzzles. Like a cat's whiskers, vibrissae are sensitive to touch, telling the walrus when it has come in contact with an appropriate food. ... Bears sometimes attack young walruses, as do orcas.
How do walruses greet each other?
In the episode, the walruses also greet each other through blowing in each other's faces.
Why do walrus eyes pop out?
The extraocular muscles of the walrus are well-developed. This and its lack of orbital roof allow it to protrude its eyes and see in both a frontal and dorsal direction.
Where do Pacific walruses breed?
Breeding occurs in late winter, from January through March, in areas of broken ice. The embryo implants in the uterus in late June, three to four months after breeding occurs, and the fetus Walrus are extremely social and gregarious animals.
Do walruses kiss each other?
Daughters or other female relatives, may join the new mom and can be very protective and maternal. Female walruses have been known to adopt orphans, and the walrus mother is exceptionally loving and cuddly. She will exchange kisses, and hold the baby in her flippers while floating in the water.
