Feeding behaviour of free-ranging walruses with notes on apparent dextrality of flipper use

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Feeding behaviour of free-ranging walruses with notes on apparent dextrality of flipper use

Nette Levermann¹^,2 , Anders Galatius³ , Göran Ehlme⁴ , Søren Rysgaard⁵ and Erik W Born¹

¹Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, P.O. Box 570, DK-3900 Nuuk, Greenland

²Department of Population Ecology, Zoological Institute, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark

³Department of Zoomorphology, Zoological Institute, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark

⁴Water Proof Diving International AB, Industrivägen 37, 43361 Partille, Sweden

⁵Danish National Environmental Research Institute, Department of Marine Ecology, Vejlsøvej 25, DK-8600 Silkeborg, Denmark

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BMC Ecology 2003, 3:9doi:10.1186/1472-6785-3-9


Published:	23 October 2003

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Walrus using its flippers and muzzle to expose bivalves. Young Sound, Northeast Greenland 2001. (Filmed by Göran Ehlmé). The movie clip of feeding walruses has been zipped in order to reduce the size and hereby making it more suitable for readers to download when viewing. Suggestion of different software to use for viewing the clips: Windows Media player, Real Player or QuickTime player.

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Walrus using its vibrissae to detect prey. Young Sound, Northeast Greenland 2001. (Filmed by Göran Ehlmé). The movie clip of feeding walruses has been zipped in order to reduce the size and hereby making it more suitable for readers to download when viewing. Suggestion of different software to use for viewing the clips: Windows Media player, Real Player or QuickTime player.

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Walrus feeding with water jet. Young Sound, Northeast Greenland 2001. (Filmed by Göran Ehlmé). The movie clip of feeding walruses has been zipped in order to reduce the size and hereby making it more suitable for readers to download when viewing. Suggestion of different software to use for viewing the clips: Windows Media player, Real Player or QuickTime player.

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