The 200-pound walrus calf was rescued on Monday, miles from the ocean on Alaska’s North Slope.
It was brought to the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, the state’s sole mammal rehabilitation facility, on Tuesday.
The 1-month-old, which doesn’t yet have a name, is getting around-the-clock cuddles from workers there who are trying to mimic the almost-constant care the newborn would have received from its mother.
A walrus calf found in Alaska is being given cuddles 24/7 to stay alive.AP
The walrus was rescued miles from the ocean on Alaska’s North Slope.Kaiti Grant/Alaska SeaLife Center via AP
The infant is responding to human care.AP
He is the center’s first walrus patient in four years, and one of only 10 admitted in the facility’s 25-year history, according to its website.