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PETER FROST meets a very rare sea creature that has come floating into British waters

RAREST of marine mammals, an Arctic walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) has been spotted in Wales a week after being seen in Ireland.

In home Arctic waters they usually live in open water, and in large groups near to shore or on ice floes. 

They mainly eat shellfish and other invertebrate marine animals. They sometimes catch fish and even small seals and other smaller marine mammals.

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