Pacific Walrus

Description

This is part of one of the world's largest walrus herds, in the Bering Sea and the Russian Arctic. Walruses feed on the shallow sea floor, finding clams and other prey with their whiskers, and rest on sea ice between meals. Since 2007, the summer ice in the Chukchi Sea has retreated over water too deep for them to reach the bottom, so more crowd onto land, where a stampede can trample many. Alaska Native communities hunt them for food.