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Please answer..Is this a walrus or an elephant seal?
What is it?
http://media.photobucket.com/image/big%20walrus/delyla_funk/big-walrus-737134.jpg
I know the link says big walrus but l didnt know that walruses get so big..If it is a walrus how can you understand one?
Despite what the title says, that is an elephant seal. Here is the same individual from an angle that shows its face better…
http://picsdigger.com/image/898efb77/
Compare that with the face of a walrus…
http://www.itsnature.org/ice/above-the-ice/walrus/
You can see the relative positions of the eyes, nose and jaw…also look at their size and shape. Elephant seals have that nose shape, the bulbous proboscis and those bulbous eyes. Walrus have the array of thickly bristled whiskers as shown in the second link. Also the lack of tusks in this clearly male animal point to an elephant seal. One more point on the bulbous proboscis, this one is relatively small, in line with this being an adolescent male.
Finally, the overall size and shape of the head and body in general….this is an elephant seal.
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