This just in: Walruses are big. Really, really big. A big male of the Atlantic version can weigh a ton (a real ton, not a commie metric ton) while the largest Pacific walruses (or would that be walrii?) have been known to weigh over two tons. The bulls can be combative and territorial, and yes, they use those huge tusks as weapons. They are basically whales that can climb out onto the beach and have two swords sticking out of their faces.
Knowing all that, why would anyone try to approach one of these monsters? But, last month, in Norway, that’s what happened. It’s not clear what day of the week this happened on, although it may have been toothday.
A tourist has been fined NOK 12,500 Norwegian Kroner (£900) for approaching a walrus in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard.
The authorities said the man went out onto an ice floe on Wednesday and “disturbed a walrus that was lying on…
