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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.
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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Walruses and seals don't eat each other?
no they do not
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!
Are walruses carnivore?
Yes, walruses are carnivores. Some food walruses eat include mollusks and occasionally seals.Yes walruses are carnivores. They eat mussels, crabs, squids, seacucumbers and so on. They have also been known to kill and eat seals, and scientist have even found remains of other walruses in the stomach of the dominant males.
Are walruses slimy?
no but they like to sit on each other
Do walruses eat man?
Ask yourself. Do Man eat walruses? :)
Do walruses eat cows?
No. Walruses eat plankton and small fish, NOT cows.
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 animals eat walruses?
Polar bears and especially killer whales kill and eat walruses.
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 is the main food of walruses?
Walruses mostly eat invertebrates. Invertebrates are animals that do not have backbones
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.
Do walruses only eat fish?
no they don't only eat fish
