<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><oembed><version>1.0</version><provider_name>2022 Archive of RENATURED, Marina Zurkow&#039;s Research Blog</provider_name><provider_url>https://o-matic.com/blog-archive-2022</provider_url><author_name>Marina</author_name><author_url>https://o-matic.com/blog-archive-2022/blog/author/admin/</author_url><title>r.i.p. Akituusaq</title><html>The Coney Island Aquarium lost its 2 yr old baby walrus, Akituusaq this week.
Both his parents were orphaned wild walruses whose parents had been killed in legal Inuit hunts.
He was a big sensation in New York, and his keepers loved him very much.

[caption id=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;alignnone&quot; width=&quot;442&quot; caption=&quot;Akituusaq,  2-year-old Pacific walrus&quot;]&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/03/nyregion/03walrus.html?scp=2&amp;sq=walrus&amp;st=cse&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/09/03/nyregion/03walrus.650.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Akituusaq,  2-year-old Pacific walrus&quot; width=&quot;442&quot; height=&quot;294&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;[/caption]

NY Times article &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/03/nyregion/03walrus.html?scp=2&amp;sq=walrus&amp;st=cse&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;here &lt;/a&gt;</html><type>rich</type></oembed>