324 Walruses

The thing that appeared in the live broadcast room can't be said to be good-looking, it can be said to be ugly to a certain extent.

But as the saying goes, things must be reversed, when the animal is ugly to a certain extent, it will look a little ugly and cute.

As this one appeared, one ugly thing after another appeared on the surrounding ice.

The task of closing was handed over to Shen Nan to lead the sailors, and Wen Wanwan stood on the deck holding the camera to popularize science to the audience in the live broadcast room.

"This ugly thing in front of us is the famous walrus, and some people who like them call it a cylinder."

"The walrus has a large body, thick, wrinkled skin, small eyes, poor eyesight, two long teeth, and its limbs are degenerated into fins, which are bent forward only by the hind fin feet."

"Usually this guy comes ashore and that's what everyone sees, using his fangs to pierce into the ice and crawl forward on the ice."

"Some animals look fat, but in fact they are fat, but the walrus is fat."

"In order to withstand the cold weather of the Arctic, they will accumulate a lot of fat under their skin, and a bear beast is about 3.3 to 4.5 meters long, but it can weigh 12 to 3,000 kilograms."

"Females are smaller, but they can grow to 2.9 to 3.3 meters in length and weigh 600 to 900 kilograms."

With Wen Wanwan's introduction, the eyes of the audience in the live broadcast room looking at this group of walruses again have changed.

What kind of endemic animal is this, it's clearly an old sow raised by grandma!

As the walruses on the surface of the sea increased, several bizarre types soon appeared.

The most striking ones are one that is brownish-red and the other that is all white.

Looking at the question marks floating in the live broadcast room, Wen Wanwan also opened her mouth to explain the reason for this situation.

"Walrus is a very peculiar creature, their skin can be 1.2 to 5 centimeters thick, and their subcutaneous fat can reach 12 to 15 centimeters."

"The surface of the bare and hairless body is generally grayish-brown or yellowish-brown, but there are often some wonderful changes."

"After soaking in the icy sea water for a while, in order to reduce the energy consumption, the arteries and blood vessels will constrict, and the blood flow will be restricted, and it will become the miserable white that everyone sees."

"And when you get to the shore, the blood vessels will start to expand because of the change in temperature, and they will turn this brownish-red again."

As she spoke, Ms. Wen turned the camera to a huge layer of ice, on which dozens of brown-red walruses lay on what looked like a giant carpet.

"Walruses are amphibians, they do their daily activities and feed in the sea, but when they need to rest at night, they come to shore in groups."

"Don't look at this guy as fat and stupid, but this evolution is to be able to move more easily in the sea."

"With their streamlined bodies, well-developed muscles and powerful flippers, they can reach speeds of up to 24 kilometers per hour in the sea and dive to depths of less than 70 meters, where they can complete a variety of activities such as feeding, courtship, and mating."

Dadao Temple Zhishi-chan: [Although it's a little ugly, it's really fun! ] 】

Good student of the new era: [Hahaha, it's really fat!] 】

It's a pity: [There are so many teeth, why do you feel a little dazzling? 】

Wen Wanwan glanced at the barrage in the live broadcast room, and then walked to the cabin with her steps.

Stepping into the large pool on the first floor, the sailor is trying to calm down one walrus and quickly send the next walrus into the pool.

Wen Wanwan pulled out the cut octopus from the snow storage area of the food, then sat down and adjusted the camera.

With a flick of the walrus's tusks, Wen Wanwan also began to place the octopus in front of them.

"Walruses don't actually rely on their tusks to feed, these two things are more for them to help them move on shore."

"Most walruses have little interest in fish, and their main diet is usually gill molluscs, but also squid, shrimp, crabs and worms."

"If they encounter a land creature of interest, the walruses will cling to it on both forelimbs and then drag them to the water 70 meters below and drown."

Wen Wanwan's spiritual power began to radiate around the pool, and the walruses, who were originally a little afraid of coming to a strange place, suddenly quieted down.

Looking at the walrus that was moving towards her, Wen Wanwan poured the octopus in the bucket aside, and watched them eat hard with the audience in the live broadcast room.

"As one of the representatives of large size, walruses are not much different from most large-sized animals."

"Females can only give birth to one litter every three years, and the gestation period is between 11 and 13 months, and each litter has only one cub."

"Depending on the time of day, walruses usually give birth from April to June, which means that if we're lucky, we might be able to see the cubs today."

Wen Wanwan's anticipation didn't wait long, as one walrus after another was sent to the pool, and soon Gui Miao rode a motorboat to drag several cubs in.

Compared with the ugly and cute appearance of adult walruses, baby walruses are relatively much more fun.

In the first few weeks of his birth, the little guy had a layer of yellowish fluff on his body, and he was not so fat, like a puppy waiting to be fed.

With the appearance of these cubs, several walruses that had just been pacified quickly rushed towards the edge of the pool.

"Walrus females and cubs are very affectionate, and if their cubs are in danger, the females will come to the rescue, even attack boats, or fight ferocious polar bears."

"Usually, the cubs will live with the female for nearly two years, even after weaning, and will not leave until the body length exceeds 2.5 meters and the weight exceeds 500 kilograms."

Wen Wanwan forcefully placed a cub on the edge of the pool and fed it a shell.

Don't think it's easy to drag the cub in the evening, in fact, this little guy is almost a meter long and weighs fifty or sixty kilograms.

If you don't have any strength, I'm afraid you won't be able to hold this little thing.

When the cubs found their mother, the pool was quiet again, and the walruses were trying to eat and replenish their body fat stores.

Wen Wanwan touched the fluff on the little guys' bodies and roughly estimated the number of people she wanted them to reproduce stably in the aquarium.

In terms of population, if there is no inbreeding in 20 years, at least two populations of more than 13 individuals will be required. (End of chapter)