1. WALRUS
King of the seals
By: MB

2. INTRODUTION Your Text Here The name of my animal is walrus
The scientific name is Odobenus
In the seal family
As you can see they aren’t very pretty
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3. PHYSICAL FEATURES A walrus is… A gray or tan color
Whiskers are its only hair
Nose looks like two holes
You can’t even see its ears
Very big, can be up to12 feet long
Comes in different sizes

4. LIFESPAN 35 years 6,000 hunted each year
Walruses live for…
35 years
6,000 hunted each year
Usally die don’t usally get killed
Killed by eskimo’s for clothing and food

5. HABITAT A walrus lives… In the cold parts of the north pole
In summer they stay in the Arctic Circle
In winter move south with ice
On northern coast of Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

6. FOOD Walruses eat… Clams and other shellfish They are carnivores
Throw away shells
Sometimes swallow stones or pebbles
Stones or pebbles help destroy food

7. PREDITOR and PREY PREY PREDATOR Clams Other shellfish Polar bears
Killer whales

8. BEHAVIOR sleep on ice floes or rocky beaches
Males make sounds like bells
Females and males form separate herds
Biggest lead herd

9. REPRODUTION Are pregnant for 15 or 16 months Born in spring or summer
Walruses have babies when…
Are pregnant for 15 or 16 months
Born in spring or summer
Nurse for 2 years
On the ice
Doesn’t have twins

10. CLIMATE The climate where walruses live is… Lot’s of snow
When cold blood from blubber goes into bodies
When warm blood goes back into blubber
Lot’s of ice to

11. LANDFORMS The landform where walruses is… No plants at all Very cold
Water around land
A lot of snow and ice
Rocky beaches
Ice floes

12. PHYSICAL Tusks help threaten animals
Big,flat flippers help swim easily and fast
Whiskers help find food
Can turn flippers forward to walk

13. BEHAVIORAL Drags tusks to help find food
Go to land or ice to care for young
Stay close to stay warm
Temp above 59 stay cool
Help neighbors by attacking preditors

14. PHYSIOLOGICAL Blubber helps keep warm
When cold blood vessels tighten to keep organs warm
When warm blood vessels expand to let heat into envirment

15. FUN FACTS Walrus means tooth-walking seahorse
Each tusk has whiskers
Can go underwater for 30 minutes
In migration can travel 1,800 miles
Skin changes color depending on temp
Can sleep while swimming!