Walrus Plays With Bubbles #shorts

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Walruses are incredibly curious and playful animals. In fact, they are my favorite animal of all time. Here, a juvenile walrus named Balzak is thoroughly entertained by some bubbles. And while it is cute and funny to see Balzak react to a bubble landing on his whiskers, it actually highlights some really cool facts about walrus anatomy. A walrus' whiskers are actually what's called vibrissae. A walrus has about 400 to 700 vibrissae in 13 to 15 rows on its snout. Each vibrissae is attached to muscles and are supplied with blood and nerves. This not only gives walruses a heightened sense of touch along their mustache, but allows them to move each individual whisker independent of the others!

Balzak was born at the Aquarium du Quebec back in 2016 and I had the privilege of working with this handsome walrus for several years. During that time, Balzak participated in several important research projects into the metabolism of walruses and this information was used to enact laws and policies aimed at protecting his cousins in the wild.

Recently, many of my followers and subscribers have asked for my opinion on Freya, the walrus in Norway who is famous for sinking boats. If you'd like to see my take on Freya the boat sinking walrus, the link is right here → https://youtu.be/V7oUQS8gEiA

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