The Thousand Nations of the Walrus Empire Descend upon Alaska
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[url="http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/10/01/3574540/walrus-stranding-adaptation-questions/"]Think Progress[/url]
[url="http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/01/us/alaska-massive-walrus-gathering/"]CNN[/url]
[url="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/science/sea-ice-shortage-sends-walruses-swarming-alaska-beach-in-record-numbers/article20874634/"]Globe and Mail[/url]
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[quote]Pacific walruses that can’t find sea ice for resting in Arctic waters are coming ashore in record numbers on a beach in northwest Alaska.
An estimated 35,000 walruses were photographed Saturday about eight kilometres north of Point Lay, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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Young animals are vulnerable to stampedes when a group gathers nearly shoulder-to-shoulder on a beach. [B]Stampedes can be triggered by a polar bear,[/B] human hunter or low-flying airplane. The carcasses of more than 130 mostly young walrus were counted after a stampede in September, 2009, at Alaska’s Icy Cape.[/quote]
Our Mustaches will blot out the sun.
But seriously, poor walruses.
Someone email Jamie from mythbusters about this. Ask him what his people's demands are. :v:
But the mega-corporations in the world don't care, as they can now ship around the artic with ease and access tons of oil.
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