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| Portion of a frieze of carved Sierra
granite walruses ("tooth-walking seahorses") from cornice of former Alaska Commercial Building (1908-75). Now a part of the original frieze is incorporated along the entrance foyer of the Union Bank Building, Sansome & California Streets, San Francisco |
"Everyone says that without the specs I look like Grover Cleveland and with them I look like Theordore Roosevelt" |
"The Walrus or Sea-Horse" (1920's etching) |
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| Odobenidae
(Odobenids) ... walruses Otariidae (Otariids, or eared seals) ... sea lions, fur seals Phocidae (Phocids, or non-eared seals) ... true seals & elephant seals |
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| Walruses Odobenus rosmarus Chukchi Sea, Alaska |
Walrus Odobenus rosmarus 2,000 lb bull hunted by Yupik Eskimos Sireniki, Chukchi Peninsula |
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| North Pacific Walruses Odobenus rosmarus divergens Cape Newenham AK |
North Pacific Walruses Odobenus rosmarus divergens Bering Sea AK |
Walruses Odobenus rosmarus Males congregating in summer Round Island AK |
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 Northern Elephant Seals Mirounga angustirostris Bulls fighting over females Ano Nuevo CA |
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| Northern Elephant Seals Mirounga angustirostris Pt. Reyes Headlands CA |
Northern Elephant Seal Mirounga angustirostris Pt. Reyes Headlands CA |
Northern Elephant Seal Mirounga angustirostris Pt. Reyes Headlands CA |
 California Sea Lion (with Northern elephant seals) Zalophus californianus Farallon Islands CA |
 Steller Sea Lions Eumetopias jubatus Bull with females Marmot Island AK |
 Southern Elephant Seal Mirounga leonina World's largest seal Kerguelen Islands Indian Ocean |
 Southern Elephant Seal Mirounga leonina Young male; may reach 8,000 lbs, 20 feet long Peninsula Valdez, Argentina |
 Weddell Seal (with pup) Leptonychotes weddellii Can dive 100's of feet below shelf ice, and stay down for an hour McMurdo Sound, Ross Ice Shelf |
