Walrus Magnets
Description: The walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) is a large pinniped marine mammal with discontinuous distribution about the North Pole in the Arctic Ocean and subarctic seas of the Northern Hemisphere. It is the only extant species in the family Odobenidae and genus Odobenus. This species is subdivided into two subspecies, the Atlantic walrus (O. r. rosmarus), which lives in the Atlantic Ocean, and the Pacific walrus (O. r. divergens), which lives in the Pacific Ocean.
Description: The walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) is a large flippered marine mammal. Perhaps, because of its distinctive appearance, great bulk, and immediately recognizable whiskers and tusks, the walrus also appears in popular culture One of ts best-known appearance is in Lewis Carroll's whimsical poem "The Walrus and the Carpenter". In the poem, the eponymous antiheroes use trickery to consume a great number of oysters. The "walrus" in the cryptic Beatles song "I Am the Walrus" is a reference to the Lewis Carroll poem.
