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The walrus has a diverse diet, feeding on numerous small marine organisms like shrimp, crabs, tube worms, soft corals, tunicates, sea cucumbers, mollusks etc. Their favorite prey are the "Benthic Bivalce Mollusks" in other words Clams. They forage for prey along the sea bottom and identify them using their sensitive whiskers. They are opportunistic and can evey prey on smaller seals when they find one.
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How many times do wolves eat a day?
Walruses usually eat two times a day! when they eat they devour about 3,000 - 6,000 clams!
Are walruses carnivores or herbivores?
they are carnivores, they eat mainly shellfish.carnivoresyes walruses are carnivores they are only adapted to eat meat in this casecarnivores
Do walruses chew their food?
No they do not. They crush the shells of clams and eat the soft part.
Are walruses carnivores or omnivores?
No. They do eat meat. They enjoy muscles and sea cucumbers and can eat up to 4,000 clams in one sitting!
Do walruses eat fruit?
The walrus is a sea mammal, and they are carnivores- they eat meat (clams, crabs, fish) There is no fruit where they live.
Where do walruses get their food?
Well, walruses fish for their food. Walruses prefer molluscs & bivalves such as clams. They suck bivalve animals from the shells. Walruses also eat many other kinds of benthic invertebrates including worms, gastropods, cephalopods, crustaceans, sea cucumbers, and other soft-bodied animals. Walruses may occasionally prey on fishes such as polar cod.
What do walruses use there trunks for?
Walruses do not have trunks. They have tusks. They use their tusks to dig up clams to eat and to fight other males for the right to mate females. Only elephants have trunks.
How many clams does a walrus eat?
They can eat up to One-Thousand clams at one time.
Do walruses eat man?
Ask yourself. Do Man eat walruses? :)
Do walruses eat cows?
No. Walruses eat plankton and small fish, NOT cows.
What animals eat walruses?
clams. The tusk, whiskers and floppy lips of a walrus is just one great big vacume system. Some walrus have taken to killing seals. You can tell these walrus because their tusks are not eroded like ordinary walrus tusks and are stained yellow from blood.
Do animals eat walruses?
Polar bears and especially killer whales kill and eat walruses.
