Redditor Reveals Shocking Discovery: How Walruses Can Literally Suck Flesh Off Their Prey
The internet is a treasure chest of fascinating and sometimes unsettling information. While it’s always important to fact-check what you come across, the sheer amount of knowledge out there is astounding.
One of the best places to stumble upon these interesting tidbits is Reddit’s Today I Learned (TIL) forum. This popular subreddit, with over 30 million members, is dedicated to sharing captivating and unusual facts from all walks of life.
Recently, a post by Redditor SummerAndTinkles revealed a truly chilling fact: walruses can literally suck the flesh off their prey, which can include birds, seals, and other unfortunate creatures.
For many of us, walruses have always been seen as big, blubbery, mustached marine giants—more amusing than alarming. But after learning this, it’s safe to say the perception of these “sea potatoes” has taken a sharp turn.
This grisly behavior came to broader attention back in 2008 when the BBC released footage of walruses chasing eider ducks. While the video didn’t confirm if the walruses were hunting or playing, their predatory tendencies weren’t exactly a surprise to scientists.
The shocking reality of walrus hunting behavior actually dates back to 1889, when zoologist Robert Walker Gray documented an account of a walrus preying on seals. It seems these marine mammals have been hiding their killer instincts behind those whiskers for centuries.
Keep reading for some hilarious reactions to this revelation, along with a personal story from someone who had a close encounter while feeding a walrus.
Walruses look like old potatoes, not terrifying killers
Gotta love when TIL thread drops extra knowledge
Apparently “octopi” isn’t the correct plural form for octopus!
There are actual words for this sort of phenomenon
Technically, they’re not wrong
If you put it that way, yeah, that’s terrifying