Posted on 10/02/2014 5:19:38 AM PDT by Zakeet
At least 35,000 walruses have beached themselves on a remote Alaskan coastline in a phenomenon blamed on the melting of arctic ice due to climate change, experts said Wednesday.
Initially there had been only 1,500 of the tusked pinnipeds counted on one beach, but in recent days that number has exploded.
"Our best estimate is almost a 24-fold increase," said Megan Ferguson of the Aerial Surveys of Arctic Marine Mammals.
(Excerpt) Read more at globalpost.com ...
This is a real bad problem because walruses can't swim ...
Ah, the bull-Obama from the libs is becoming almost as putrid as the Obamathing itself.
Shove it, MSM, we all know you are reporters because you couldn’t pass even the most rudimentary math class.
And just HOW do they KNOW it is due to climate change? Did they ask the walruses?
Maybe they were tired from swimming and needed a break.
The walruses are protesting. We must act now before it is too late.
Haven’t these eco dweebs ever heard of a rave????
KYPD
It just isn't normal for so many walruses (walrusii? walrii?) to herd together in a single place. They must have been driven there by overpopulation and starvation in other walrus locales. Clearly it's a walrus overpopulation issue! The UN, together with the ASPCA, should enact a strict walrus sterilization program to save them, before the planet can no longer sustain their growing numbers!
How do they know why the Walruses are there? Did somebody ask them?
“blamed on the melting of arctic ice due to climate change, experts said Wednesday. “
Probably as accurate as blaming it on the Obama’s excessive vacation time at taxpayer expense.
Maybe a killer shark was in the area. or maybe they just wanted to get some sun.
experts said Wednesday, Gee everyone is an expert now just how does one come to be an expert on the landing of walruses?
Migration
The rest of the year (late summer and fall), walruses tend to form massive aggregations of tens of thousands of individuals on rocky beaches or outcrops. The migration between the ice and the beach can be long-distance and dramatic. In late spring and summer, for example, several hundred thousand Pacific walruses migrate from the Bering Sea into the Chukchi Sea through the relatively narrow Bering Strait.[27]
So it seems this is normal behavior, not some climate change driven anomaly. Someone from the climate change fascists better get over to Wikipedia and edit that article in 3 ... 2 ... 1...
The Democrat Congressman from Georgia wishes to know, How many walruses will it take before the continent flips over or sinks. PETA should be alerted.
Just because some dumb ass writes it does not make it the truth. This was mentioned earlier and it is a “haul out”, walrus do it all the time and they know it.
Either that or due to global warming the water is getting too hot even for the walrus. (Hmmmmm? I wonder what boiled walrus tastes like)
Zoologists have already debunked the globull warming BS. Huge herds of walrus have been observed on the beaches for many years.
Clusters of large numbers of walruses / Tea Party members = bad.
It was a “Tennessee Tuxedo” marathon at the Alaska Drive In. No big deal.
It,s so simple. When the urge to mate rises. The boys go where the girls are and the girls go where the boys are. It has nothing to due with liberal fairytails andhoax’s.
...and we better keep an eye out to make sure they do not.
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