One common question I get about walruses is, “what do their whiskers feel like?” So let’s talk about it! . Walrus whiskers are also known as vibrissae. This is because their true purpose is to sense vibrations from things like clams or other invertebrates in the sand when foraging for food! Each vibrissae has an individual nerve ending and blood supply and there are roughly 500 of them! This is how the walruses feel their world and I think it’s so cool. To touch they feel like hard, uncooked pas
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One common question I get about walruses is, “what do their whiskers feel like?” So let’s talk about it! . Walrus whiskers are also known as vibrissae. This is because their true purpose is to sense vibrations from things like clams or other invertebrates in the sand when foraging for food! Each vibrissae has an individual nerve ending and blood supply and there are roughly 500 of them! This is how the walruses feel their world and I think it’s so cool. To touch they feel like hard, uncooked pas
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