The
Atlantic walrus occurs in Canada, Greenland, Svalbard and Russia and numbers approximately 30000 animals.
The sabre-toothed head of a male
Atlantic walrus emerges briefly, before the giant, torpedo-shaped animal disappears with a splash.
Atlantic walrus can also be hunted by non-residents, with four coastal communities organizing walrus hunts during the short summer.
Population assessment of
Atlantic walrus (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus L.).
The event, which dates back more than half a century to 1947 and is now held every three years, offers a free public exhibition of world-class antlers, horns, skulls and mounts ranging in species from the legendary Alaska brown bear to the
Atlantic walrus and Stone's sheep.
The
Atlantic walrus is one mammoth marine mammal (animal that nurses its young with milk): An average adult male weighs a hefty 3,500 pounds!
But I hope more will follow'; BELOW: an
Atlantic walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) in the waters off Spitsbergen in the Svalbard archipelago in Norway.
This remains the case with polar bear and
Atlantic walrus, and there is currently no hope In sight.
79-133), which include natural population dynamics, food availability, predation by polar bears and other species (Arctic fox,
Atlantic walrus, Greenland shark, killer whales), human harvesting, climate and climate changes, disease, and pollution.
Atlantic walrus (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) in Canada are the subject of such stock status assessments (DFO, 2000).
Other memorable kills include a 10-foot Alaskan brown bear, a nine-foot three-inch polar bear, a grueling hunt for Rocky Mountain bighorn in one of Montana's unlimited permit areas and the first sport-harvested
Atlantic walrus taken in Canada by a non-Canadian--an animal that approached 4,000 pounds in weight.
Atlantic walrus - a walrus of northern Atlantic and Arctic waters