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With its impressive tusks, wrinkly skin and majestic whiskers, the walrus is one of the Arctic's most iconic species.
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Here are 10 facts everyone should know about these fascinating creatures.
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Fact 1.
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They're very big.
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Male Pacific walrus can reach 3.6 metres long and weigh up to 1.8 tonnes.
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The thick layer of fat under their skin, known as blubber, helps them to stay warm in the harsh conditions of their arctic home.
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Fact 2.
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Walrus are extremely sociable animals.
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When on land or on ice, they gather together in tightly packed groups, which can include hundreds or even thousands of individuals.
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Fact 3.
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They can sing.
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During the breeding season, from December to March, male walrus erupt into song.
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They produce a variety of wonderful vocalisations.
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These can include barks, clicks, grunts and bellows.
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A bout of continuous singing can even last up to two and a half days.
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Fact 4.
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Both male and female walrus have large tusks.
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Walrus use their impressive tusks to keep open breathing holes in the ice, to fight with other walrus and to defend themselves against predators.
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They're also used to help haul themselves out of the sea and onto the ice.
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Walrus tusks are actually modified canines which never stop growing and can reach up to 1 metre in length.
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Fact 5.
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Walrus have very sensitive whiskers.
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Another distinguishing feature of the walrus is the many whiskers they have covering their snouts.
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These whiskers are very sensitive and help them to snuffle around on the sea floor finding food such as mollusks.
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Fact 6.
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They depend on sea ice.
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Walrus generally prefer to haul out on snow covered ice floes rather than on land.
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They use the sea ice as a platform for resting, for breeding, for giving birth and nursing their young, as well as for shelter from rough seas and from predators.
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Fact 7.
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Their skin can change colour.
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A walrus skin which can be around four centimeters thick around their head and their neck is generally a cinnamon brown colour.
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However on a very warm day their skin can change to a rosy pink colour in the sun
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and after a long swim in the icy cold water their skin can go to a cool white.
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Fact 8.
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Mothers are very protective.
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The bond between a walrus mother and its calf is one of the strongest bonds in all mammals.
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The pair can stay together for up to three years.
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Walrus mothers are extremely protective and will pick them up with their flippers
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and dive into the water when they come under threat.
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Fact 9.
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They're affected by noise and disturbances.
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During their mass gatherings, walruses can be easily spooked, such as when they hear noise from human activities.
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This can lead to stampedes as startled walruses head for the water.
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This can be deadly, especially for young calves.
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As shipping, tourism, industry and noise increases in the Arctic walruses are at greater risk of disturbance and also stampedes.
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Fact 10.
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Climate change is their greatest threat.
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With sea ice melting due to climate change more walrus are being forced to rest on land.
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This is bringing them further from their feeding grounds and leading to more life threatening stampedes.
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We need to learn more about walrus to secure their future in the wild but accessing remote locations is challenging and costly.
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We are working on a citizen science project that will use images from satellites to monitor walrus populations across the arctic.
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For the first time ever we're aiming to do it at a global scale for the whole walrus population.
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This will help scientists to better understand how walrus are responding to declining sea ice and how best to protect them.
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영어 회화 연습을 하려는 초급~중급 학습자에게 완벽한 콘텐츠입니다. 동물에 관한 흥미로운 사실을 배우면서, 자연스러운 발음과 문장 구조를 익힐 수 있어요. 특히 "shadowspeak" 또는 "shadow speak" (쉐도잉) 연습에 좋은데, 명확한 발음과 일정한 속도가 특징이라 따라하기 쉽기 때문이죠. 유튜브 영어 공부를 통해 재미있게 실력을 쌓고 싶다면 이 비디오를 놓치지 마세요!

빼놓을 수 없는 단어와 표현

  • blubber: 고래나 바다코끼리 등의 피하 지방층. "The thick blubber keeps them warm." (두꺼운 지방층이 그들을 따뜻하게 해줘요.)
  • haul out: 바다에서 육지나 빙판으로 나오다. "Walruses haul out on ice floes." (바다코끼리가 빙판 위로 올라와요.)
  • spooked: 놀라게 하다, 겁먹게 하다. "Loud noises spooked the walruses." (큰 소리가 바다코끼리를 놀라게 했어요.)

발음을 잘하는 방법

이 비디오의 발음은 명확하면서도 자연스러워 쉐도잉에 적합해요. 특히 whiskers (수염)나 mollusks (연체동물)과 같은 단어의 "w"와 "m" 발음을 주의하세요. 입모양을 작게 유지하고 공기를 부드럽게 내보내면 자연스러워집니다. 또한, 문장의 마지막 단어에 약간의 강세를 주는 발화 패턴을 따라해보세요. "They can sing for two and a half days."에서 "days"를 강조하면 더 생동감이 생겨요. 영어 쉐도잉을 할 때는 2~3초 지연시켜 따라하는 것이 좋아요. 반복해서 연습하면 발음과 리듬을 자연스럽게 익힐 수 있을 거예요!

쉐도잉이란? 영어 실력을 빠르게 키우는 과학적 방법

쉐도잉(Shadowing)은 원래 전문 통역사 훈련을 위해 개발된 언어 학습 기법으로, 다언어 학자인 Dr. Alexander Arguelles에 의해 대중화된 방법입니다. 핵심 원리는 간단하지만 매우 강력합니다: 원어민의 영어를 들으면서 1~2초의 짧은 지연으로 즉시 소리 내어 따라 말하는 것——마치 '그림자(shadow)'처럼 화자를 따라가는 것입니다. 문법 공부나 수동적인 청취와 달리, 쉐도잉은 뇌와 입 근육이 동시에 실시간으로 영어를 처리하고 재현하도록 훈련합니다. 연구에 따르면 이 방법은 발음 정확도, 억양, 리듬, 연음, 청취력, 말하기 유창성을 크게 향상시킵니다. IELTS 스피킹 준비와 자연스러운 영어 소통을 원하는 분들에게 특히 효과적입니다.