A Walrus Pup’s Swimming Lesson | Animal 24

when Arctic waters turn warmer walruses
must abandon their melting havens in
search of food and dry land
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the fate of a walrus lies in the
shifting ice with nothing solid to rest
on and long distances to swim a walrus
can drown in a watery Arctic not far
from the males females have also been
contending with a melting refuge born
less than a day ago a pup follows his
mother into arctic water with no time to
lose his mother gives him a swimming
lesson
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it looks like fun
but this is serious business the females
and the young will soon begin their own
journey in pursuit of ice their lives
depend on Keeping Up with mom
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