18th March 2016 by What's What Team
Guess the length of a walrus’s tusks
The tusks of a walrus are the upper canine teeth which grow very long, sometimes to even one metre. They use their tusks for gripping ice, fighting enemies and even for scraping up the shellfish and clams they eat. The tusks are also indicators of their age and importance. The one with longest tusk leads the herd.
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