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What are walruses classified as?
What is mammals
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Where do Lapetev walruses live?
What is Lapetev Sea
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How many female walruses may a male walrus breed with?
What is as many as 20
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How big is a normal newborn calf?
What is 3.3-4 feet
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How are adult and baby walruses compare?
What is physically identical except for size
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What are the Laptev named after?
What is their native home, Laptev Sea
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When do walrus cows start mating?
What is 5 or 6 years old
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How much does a newborn calf weigh?
What is 90-140 pounds
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What is the process called when a walrus slows its heart rate down?
What is bradycaria
300
What is included in walruses diet?
What is sea cucumber
300
About how many Pacific walruses inhabit the area between Alaska and Russia?
What is more than 100,000
300
How do male walruses communicate?
What is throw their head back to expose its tusks
300
What is another word for a walruses whiskers?
What is vibrissae
300
What poisoned walrus habitats?
What is toxic metals such as mercury and cadmium
400
What are walruses ribcages partially for?
What is surviving deep-sea dives
400
Where do the three walrus subspecies found?
What is the far northern waters of the Arctic regions
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How long may walruses travel within a year?
What is 2,000 miles
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About when do a walruses tusks start growing?
What is about 8 months
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During freezing weather, how much ice can a walruses tusks break?
What is 8 inches
500
How long is a normal gestation for a walrus?
What is 15-16 months
500
What are 3 types of walruses?
What is Pacific, Atlantic, and Lapetev walruses
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What are walruses doing when they scoot their back flippers forward, then pull their front flippers forwards?
What is walking
500
What kind of flippers do walruses have?
What is webbed flippers
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In the 20th century what was walrus hide used to make?
What is glue, luggage, pool cue tips, and automobile tires
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