Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 336
ater. In February its daily consump-tion of food amounted to about 30 pounds, andlater this dropped to only 10 pounds. It lostconsiderable weight, but in May started in to eatheavily again, and is now gaining rapidly. The points of the tusks were first seen on the27th of December. These teeth… … Photograph by W. L. Beasley. A BABY WALRUS AT THE NEW YORK ZOO. fends itself from the attacks of the polar bear, andalso tears up long wreaths of seaweed and digsthe clams which form its principal articles of food.The adult walrus is much hunted in the arcticregions for its tusks and its…
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