00:01One of the most incredible things they can do with these teeth is actually lift
00:06themselves up out of the water and onto the ice. So what they'll do is they'll
00:11come along, head will come out of the water and they'll latch these big tusks
00:16onto the ice. They then do this huge pull up using their strong neck muscles
00:21and giving a kick with their powerful flippers to lever themselves out and get
00:27onto the ice float. I mean, that's amazing. That's like the same as you climbing into
00:31a top bunk bed using just your front teeth. And with the walrus weighing in at more than
00:39a ton, the metre-long tusks have to be incredibly strong. In fact, this toothy talent has earned
00:48the walrus their Latin name, Odobenus rosmaris, which translates as tooth walking horse of
00:55the sea.
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