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The Walrus
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The Walrus

  • R. W. GRAY1 

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ALTHOUGH the walrus is usually found near the land subsisting on the shell-fish it finds at the bottom, it is also on rare occasions found amongst the drift ice in deep water, far from land, subsisting on seals and other mammals.

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GRAY, R. The Walrus. Nature 119, 923 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/119923a0

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