May 17, 2024 · A walrus’s skin and blubber combined can account for nearly half its entire body mass. That’s more than half a tonne for a typical adult male weighing 1,200kg (the biggest males reach …

Walruses maintain such a high body weight because of the blubber stored underneath their skin. This blubber keeps them warm and the fat provides energy to the walrus. The walrus's body shape shares …

Walruses are the only extant species of the family Odobenidae, recognized by their long elephant -like tusks and a prominent mustache of grizzly whiskers. These pinniped mammals inhabit the shallow …

Nov 14, 2025 · A smaller, less-studied population, the Laplacian walrus, once lived in the Laptev Sea but may now be extinct.

Sep 13, 2025 · Walruses are fat so they can stay warm and survive the cold temperature of the arctic and sub-arctic regions where they live. Walruses store most of their body fat as blubber, which is a …

Walruses deposit most of their body fat into a thick layer of blubber - a layer of fat reinforced by fibrous connective tissue that lies just below the skin of most marine mammals.

Thick layers of blubber protect walruses from the cold. These massive animals don’t carry all that weight around for no reason! The thick layers of blubber (fat) stored beneath their skin helps walruses stay …

Nov 14, 2025 · There are two subspecies: the Atlantic walrus (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) and the Pacific walrus (O. rosmarus divergens). Male Pacific walrus are slightly larger, with longer tusks.

Whales, dolphins, hippos, dugongs, manatees and walruses are all at the bald and well-padded end of the spectrum. Fur and fat are both effective insulators. Fur traps a layer of warm air against the skin, …

May 2, 2024 · A walrus’s skin and blubber combined can account for nearly half its entire body mass. That’s more than half a tonne for a typical adult male weighing 1,200kg (the biggest males reach …