TGIF – Tusk tusk…

…that’s a lot of scrimshaw. Video doing the rounds this week of some walruses hauled out at Point Lay Alaska. No biggie, right? Oh yeah, Biggie. Big-time Biggie. That’s because it isn’t ten or even a hundred walruses, but over TEN THOUSAND walruses. Recession of sea ice is being proposed as an explanation for the unprecedented haulout. Walruses would normally haul out onto floating ice cots to take a break from foraging for clams and other goodies on the bottom. But without ice they have no choice but to hoof it (flipper it?) back to land for a rest. From . . . → Read More: TGIF – Tusk tusk…