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Global Warming proving pernicious for Walruses

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Global warming seems to be plaguing our planet lately. The rare species of animals are dying. Starting from polar bears to walruses, marine and arctic life are getting killed as the planet starts to warm up. It has been reported that the Walruses have been dying rapidly off the Arctic coasts due to melting sea ice.

Unlike seals and other marine life, the walruses cannot swim for long periods. They tend to hang on to the sea ice for a few weeks at a time. Now if the ice melts, the animals won’t be able to cling on to the ice anymore. So, walruses are fighting over whatever ice is left and they are fighting for survival. Therefore, some of them are dying due to stampedes. When there’s too many of them on one ice shelf, stampeded cannot be prevented.

Large number of Walrus deaths have been reported on the Russian side of Berring straight. The straight separates Russia from Alaska. Most of these animals died as they suffered from internal injuries caused from the stampede. Due o the massive numbers, Walrus are prone to stampede. Experts said that the deaths of this many Walruses along with their calves is very alarming. I agree with that, and I think that global warming needs to be stopped at all costs if we want to see the Walruses live longer.


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