What kind of food do walruses usually eat? Where are they mainly distributed?

Walrus is a relatively large marine creature, with long teeth, similar to the teeth of an elephant, the whole body fat, limbs have been degenerated into fins, crawling on land. Apart from TV, we see most walruses in zoos. There are often trainers who lead them to perform for the audience, which is very interesting. So what kind of food do walruses eat? Where are they mainly distributed? Let's take a look at it together.

What food does walrus usually eat?

Walruses are omnivorous animals. Although they live in the ocean, they do not live on fish. They usually eat molluscs, shrimp, squid, crabs and worms. They also eat a small amount of seafloor organic matter or delicate aquatic plants in the water.

Walruses hunt by inserting long teeth into the sea floor, then stirring the sediment by constantly swinging, and then finding food on the sea floor with the help of flexible tentacles and very sensitive noses. If they are shellfish, they rub them with the help of the rough inside of the palm, and when the shellfish are broken, they begin to float their bodies out of the sea and release their palms, so that shellfish can distinguish between meat and shells. Meat floats on the sea and sucks meat into the mouth by diving again, so it seems that they are very smart.

There are also theories that they prey on smaller seals or narwhals, hug each other with their powerful forelegs, hold them down in the water and drown them before savoring and enjoying them.

2. Where are walruses mainly distributed?

Walrus is endemic to the Arctic, generally distributed in the Arctic Ocean as the center, but also includes the Pacific and Atlantic northernmost areas.

Distribution zones of original species: Greenland, Canada, Russia, Norway, Svalbard, United States, Yangmayan Island.

Free land (sea area): Germany, Belgium, Finland, Denmark, France, Iceland, Japan, Ireland, Netherlands, Sweden, Spain, United Kingdom.

Walrus is a kind of marine life that is very sensitive to changes in the marine environment. At present, many marine areas have polluted the ocean due to the large-scale exploitation of natural gas and oil, and many walruses feel that their habitats have been polluted. So can not live and gradually reduce the distribution, the number of walruses is also slowly decreasing.

In addition, the economic value of walrus tusk is very high, and many lawbreakers use hunting tools to catch walruses and seize ivory, which makes them feel very threatened, so the number has plummeted.

Summary: no matter what kind of marine life it is, it is reasonable to exist. It is not advisable for people's endless greed and desire to harm them to seek benefits. We should cherish nature and live in harmony with animals.